★ Alexandria's Depiction ★

M. Aemilius Lepidus. AR Denarius, 61 BC. Obv. ALEXANDREA. Turreted head of Alexandria right. Rev. M LEPIDVS/TVTOR REG/SC/PONTIF MAX. M. Lepidus crowning the young Ptolemy V. Cr. 419/2; B. 23. AR. 3.46 g. 18.00 mm. RR. Very rare and seldom offered. A choice example, perfectly centred and superb. Brilliant and lightly toned, with a hint of iridescence. About EF. The type refers to a moneyer's ancestor, with the same name, who was one of the three ambassadors sent to the Egyptian court in BC 201, to administer the affairs of the kingdom for the infant king.