EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.87 g, 12h). Menelaeites nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). Near VF.

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Lot: 606. Estimated: $ 200

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.87 g, 12h). Menelaeites nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). Laureate head right / MЄNЄ ΛAЄITHC, Harpocrates, with the lower part of his body in form of crocodile and wearing the skhent crown, standing left, raising finger to lips and holding cornucopia; to left, Egyptian altar; L H (date) in exergue. Köln 3435; Dattari (Savio) 11043; K&G N31.8; RPC IV.4 Online 787; W&G III.1b; Emmett 1819.8. Red-brown surfaces, roughness, spots of corrosion. Near VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 87 (13 September 1995), lot 663.


Closing Date and Time: 21 May 2025 at 13:21:40 ET.

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