EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (21mm, 13.36 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 154/5). Near VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (21mm, 13.36 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 154/5). Laureate and draped bust left / Bust of Nilus right, wearing taenia and two lotus leaves, slight drapery; behind, reed; before, cornucopia from which emerges genius crowning Nilus with a wreath; L I H (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 8201; K&G 35.633 var. (bust); RPC IV.4 1646; Emmett 1412.18. Toned, light roughness, a few red deposits. Near VF. Extremely rare, only the Dattari coin in RPC, the second known.


Closing Date and Time: 11 September 2024 at 11:51:40 ET.

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