EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.90 g, 11h). Dated RY 20 (AD 156/7). VF.

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Lot: 523.
Closing Date: Jul 3 2024 10:00 ET

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

Estimate: $ 400

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.90 g, 11h). Dated RY 20 (AD 156/7). Laureate and draped bust right, seen from the front / Antoninus Pius, laureate and togate, seated left on raised platform, holding a scepter with his left hand and extending his right hand toward a male figure standing right, who is handing Pius a crown with his extended right hand, and holding a transverse scepter with his left; a second male figure stands to the right of the platform, looking left, raising right hand and holding scepter in left; L K (date) in upper fields. Köln 1770; Dattari (Savio) 8053 = RPC IV.4 1826.5 = Figari & Mosconi 474; K&G 35.695; Emmett 1384.20 (R3). Toned, edge chips, short flan cracks. VF. Rare.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions V (9 December 1988), lot 188.


Closing Date and Time: 3 July 2024 at 12:54:00 ET.

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