Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.27 mm, 12.11 g). Dated RY 23 (= 159/60). ΑΝΤΩΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕ Radiate bust right, slight drapery. Rev. Nike standing right on globe, holding wreath and palm frond; L-K/Γ (date) across field. Geissen 1844-5 var. (obv. bust type). Dattari-Savio 2280 & 8193-4 var. (placement of date). RPC IV.4, 2141. Emmett 1409. Cf. Savio A., Tetradrammi alessandrini, pp. 82-86. Rough surface. Near Very Fine.

Ex Gemini VI, 10 January 2010, lot 868 (part of). Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 57, 25.04. 2020, lot 320.

We are at the end of the principality of Antoninus Pius (year 23 = 159-160 AD) and the sovereign, here on the obverse, unusually with the radiated crown, appears to us in all his senility, while on the reverse the Nike refers to a well-known military victory in Africa in 160, celebrated on bronze medallions minted in the Latin area of the empire.