336, Lot: 229. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32mm, 23.02 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 149/50). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / The Dioscuri on horseback facing each other, both holding a spear and wearing pileus; raised center dot and crescent moon between, [L] TPICKA (date) in exergue. Köln 1636 var. (position of date); Dattari (Savio) 8401 var. (position of date and without crescent moon); K&G –; Emmett 1492.13. Near VF, dark green and brown patina, earthen deposits. Scarce.