EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34.5mm, 27.75 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). VF.

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

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34.5mm, 27.75 g, 12h). Zodiac series. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Venus (Aphrodite) in Libra – Draped bust of Aphrodite (Venus) left, wearing stephane; to left, star of eight rays; below, Libra floating left, looking up over his left shoulder, holding scales with his left hand; L H (date) across field. Köln 1900; Dattari (Savio) 8830 = RPC IV.4 861.8 (this coin); K&G 35.281; Emmett 1451.8 (R5). Red-brown surfaces, smoothing, scratches. VF. Rare. Well struck reverse.

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 186 (hammer €8500); Giovanni Dattari (†1923) Collection.


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