Zodiac Series – Sun in Leo

5701508.

SOLD $1675

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 24.19 g, 12h). Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). [AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNINOC CЄB ЄVC], laureate head right / Sun in Leo – Lion leaping right; above, radiate and draped bust of Helios (Sun) right and eight-rayed star; L H (date) below. Köln 1495-6; Dattari (Savio) 2968; K&G 35.278; RPC IV.4 858; Emmett 1530.8. Brown patina, minor marks. Good Fine.

Ex Rhakotis Collection (Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 13, 15 August 2020), lot 1052.