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Electronic Auction 516

Lot nuber 416

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 24.36 g, 1h). Dated RY 6 (AD 142/3).


Electronic Auction 516
Lot: 416.
 Estimated: $ 300

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 24.36 g, 1h). Dated RY 6 (AD 142/3). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Demeter, veiled, standing right, holding torch in right hand and bunch of grain ears and poppy in left; to right, Serapis seated left, holding long scepter in right hand, extending left hand over Cerberus seated at his feet, facing left; Nike stands atop throne; L Ϛ (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2858 (date unclear); K&G –; RPC IV.4 Online 15544 var. (RY 5); Emmett 1671.6 (date not recorded). Red-brown patina, some roughness. Near VF. Very rare, unpublished in the standard references.

RPC lists this reverse type for only one year, year 5, but of the nine specimens cited, the date is only clear on one of them. All appear to be obverse die matches to this coin.

Closing Date and Time: 18 May 2022 at 12:18:20 ET.

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