EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Fine.Electronic Auction 556 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 375. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 14.28 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Herakles and the Mares of Diomedes – Herakles standing right, club in raised right hand about to strike Diomedes who he holds by the hair, collapsed on one knee; to either side, foreparts of horses reclining; L ΔЄKATOY (date) around. Köln 1541; Dattari (Savio) 2614; K&G 35.347; RPC IV.4 987; Emmett 1553.10. Dark brown surfaces, roughness, porosity, edge splits. Fine. Rare. |