EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa. Augusta, AD 220-221 & 221-222. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.87 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/2). VF.

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Lot: 513.
Closing Date: Oct 23 2024 10:00 ET

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

Estimate: $ 300

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa. Augusta, AD 220-221 & 221-222. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.87 g, 11h). Dated RY 5 of Elagabalus (AD 221/2). Draped bust right / Eagle standing left, head right, holding wreath in beak; L Є (date) across field. Köln 2374; Dattari (Savio) 4188; K&G 58.9; RPC VI Online 10189.23 = Curtis 1016 (this coin); Emmett 3010.5. Brown and red patina, slight roughness. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Praefectus Coins, 14 July 2013. Ex Empire Coins Auction 1 (30 May 1984), lot 92; Olympus Coins FPL 5 (Winter 1982/3), no. 153; Col. James W. Curtis Collection (Hans Schulman, 17 June 1958), lot 303 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 23 October 2024 at 12:50:40 ET.

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