Alexandrian Coinage from the New Orleans Collection

CNG 109, Lot: 420. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus. 27 BC-AD 14. Æ Diobol – 80 Drachmai (26.3mm, 12.87 g, 12h). Second(?) series, struck after 19 BC. Bare head right / Ornamented oinochoe with spout on left. Köln 3; Dattari (Savio) 9; K&G 2.2; RPC I 5005; Emmett 5. Near VF, dark brown patina with traces of green, some roughness. Rare, only two in CoinArchives.

From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Palladium Numismatics BBS 11 (April 1996), no. 456.