EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.75 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 589. Estimated: $ 1 000

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

Sold For $ 1 900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.75 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / Sun in Leo – Radiate and draped bust of Helios (Sun) right; to right, eight-rayed star; below, lion leaping right; L H (date) below. Köln 1495-6; Dattari (Savio) 2968; K&G 35.278; RPC IV.4 858; Emmett 1530.8. Green-brown surfaces, minor roughness, light smoothing. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, September 1998. Ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 4 (3 December 1985), lot 526.


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