Ex Dattari Collection

5714699.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Diobol (23mm, 8.28 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Sun in Leo – Lion standing right, head left; star above; L IA (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3129 = RPC IV.4 1080.7 (this coin); K&G 35.413; Emmett 1756.11. Green-brown patina, light roughness, short edge splits. Near VF.

Ex Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Giovanni Dattari Collection (Naville Numismatics 29, 26 February 2017) lot 405.

With the star in the field, the lion is a representation of the constellation Leo.