Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 803. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius, Caesar. 36-138 AD. Æ Drachm (24.90 gm, 12h). Dated Cos. 2 (137 AD).
L AILIOC KAICAP, bare-headed and draped bust right /
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UPAT•B•, OMONOIA in exergue, Homonoia seated left, holding patera in extended right hand; cornucopiae below seat. Köln 1274 var. (Homonoia holds cornucopiae); Dattari 2076; Milne 1547; BMC Alexandria 923; Emmett 1351 var. (date and cornucopiae). VF, brown and green patina. Unusual use of Roman consular dating in Egypt. ($400)