Very Rare Annia Faustina Tetradrachm with Helios-Hermanubis
359, Lot: 221. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Annia Faustina. Augusta, AD 221. Potin Tetradrachm (23mm, 10.78 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221). Draped bust right / Radiate bust of Helios-Hermanubis right, slight drapery, wearing calathus; upright caduceus-palm frond before; L Є (date) to lower left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4194; K&G 59.7 corr. (Helios-Hermanubis as indicated by radiate crown); Emmett 3036.5 (R4). VF, reddish-brown surfaces, some roughness. Very rare.
From the Hermanubis Collection.