Roma Numismatics

Auction XXV  –  22 - 23 September 2022

Roma Numismatics, Auction XXV

Celtic, Greek, Judaean, Roman Provincial, Migrationary, Byzantine, Islamic, M...

Part 1: Th, 22.09.2022, from 2:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Fr, 23.09.2022, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 10 = AD 146/7. AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTѠNЄINOC CЄB ЄYC, laureate head to right / L ΔEKATOY (date), Zeus, holding patera and sceptre, reclining to left on eagle standing facing with wings spread and head to right. RPC IV.4 Online 13589.66 (temporary, this coin cited); Dattari (Savio) pl. 155, 2933 bis (this coin). 25.76g, 35mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; in outstanding condition for an Alexandrian drachm, and likely the finest known example of this particular type. Rare.

This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk);
This coin published in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XVIII, 29 September 2019, lot 766;
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 46, 27 January 2019, lot 279;
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.

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Price realized 2'400 GBP
Starting price 1'500 GBP
Estimate 2'500 GBP
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