EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32.5mm, 20.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9). VF.

Electronic Auction 561
Lot: 515.
Closing Date: May 1 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32.5mm, 20.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 158/9). Laureate head right, traces of drapery on left shoulder / Bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus buds, slight drapery on far shoulder; reed behind right shoulder, cornucopia before from which emerges a Genius holding a wreath; L K B (date) across upper field. Köln 1833; Dattari (Savio) 8608; K&G 35.799; RPC IV.4 2102.24 (this coin); Emmett 1614.22. Brown surfaces, cleaning scratches, smoothing, details enhanced, small edge split. VF.

Ex J.P. Righetti Collection (Nomos Obolos 23, 12 June 2022), lot 69; Ex Elsen 113 (16 June 2012), lot 526 (cleaned and altered since).


Closing Date and Time: 1 May 2024 at 12:51:20 ET.

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