EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34.5mm, 26.91 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 138/9).

CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 676. Estimated: $ 2 000

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34.5mm, 26.91 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 138/9). Bareheaded and draped bust right / Euthenia, wearing a crown of an uraeus between two grain ears, reclining left on androsphinx, holding two grain ears with her right hand, and an outstretched fold of her garment containing fruit and lotus; L B (date) in exergue. Köln 1302; Dattari (Savio) 8446-7; K&G 35.21; Emmett 1518.2; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 109 (this coin) = RPC IV.4 Online 13423/32 (this coin cited and illustrated). Dark brown patina with touches of brown and red. EF. An early portrait of exquisite execution.

Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection (Triton XXI, 9 January 2018), lot 111, purchased from Numismatica Aretusa SA (Lugano–Franco Chiesa), February 1976.


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