EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 20.18 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2).CNG Feature Auction 120 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 20.18 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2). Lautreate head right / The Dioscuri on horseback facing each other, both holding a spear and wearing pileus, star above each; raised center dot between them, crescent moon in field above, L Є (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC IV.4 Online 15950; Emmett 1492.5 (year unrecorded). Red-brown patina, some pitting and edge chips, light smoothing, red and green adhesions on reverse. Good VF. Very rare, only two recorded by RPC, both in museum collections. |