EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Drachm (30.5mm, 21.28 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 248/9).

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Lot: 350. Estimated: $ 100

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Drachm (30.5mm, 21.28 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 248/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Tyche reclining left on lectisternium (couch), holding rudder, resting elbow on pile of pillows and propping head on hand; L ς (date) above; palm frond in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4952; K&G 74.114; RPC VIII Online (unassigned; ID 3059; sixth example – this coin); Emmett 3531.6 (R4). Brown surfaces, roughness. Near VF. Extremely rare, RPC cites only six examples (including this coin).

From the Rocky Mountain Collection of Alexandrian. Ex Kovacs XIV (16 October 1998), lot 132.


Closing Date and Time: 3 November 2021 at 11:56:20 ET.

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