EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 27.45 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 587. Estimated: $ 3 000

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 27.45 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / Mercury in Gemini – to left, Herakles standing facing, head right, resting right hand on club set on ground to left, lion’s skin draped over left arm; to right, Apollo standing facing, head left, resting right hand on lyre set on ground to right; above, draped bust of Hermes right, wearing lotus-bud crown; to right, star of eight rays; L H (date) across field. Köln 1899; Dattari (Savio) Supp. 147 = RPC IV.4 847.14 (this coin); K&G 35.269; Emmett 1576.8 (R3). Dark brown surfaces, traces of verdigris, die shift. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Günther Schlüter Collection [Chairman of the German Numismatic Society from 1975-77] (Künker 347, 22 March 2021), lot 182 (hammer €9000); Giovanni Dattari (†1923) Collection.


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