EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.49 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 161/2). VF.

Triton XXVII – Session 5
Lot: 5543. Estimated: $ 250

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

Sold For $ 325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.49 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 161/2). Laureate bust right, traces of drapery on left shoulder / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing ram’s horn with solar disk and uraei, crescent and star flanking; L B (date) across field. Köln 2132 var. (without star and crescent); Dattari (Savio) 3687 var. (same); K&G 39.24 var. (same); RPC IV.4 Online 2340.5 (this coin); Emmett 2368.2 var. (same). Brown patina, area of obverse weakness, edge split. VF. Very rare, RPC only cites two with the crescent and star.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions VII (4 May 1989), lot 181.


Closing Date and Time: 17 January 2024 at 13:00:40 ET.

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