★ Ex Art Institute of Chicago, unusual dating ★
EGYPT, Alexandria: Aelius as Caesar (136-138), AE Drachm, issued 137. 22.84g, 34.2mm.
Obv: Bare headed and draped bust right.
Rev: HMEXOUC UPAT B (second consulship), Homonoia seated left, holding patera, cornucopiae under throne; OMONIA in exergue.
(It is extremely unusual for coins in the Alexandrian series to be dated by consulship.)
Emmett 1351; Dattari 2076; RPC 6226 (48 spec).
From the zumbly collection, Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (accession #1980.1031). "Grover approached coins as primary sources: as political propaganda by Roman emperors, as reflections of the religions of the day, and as historical documents picturing structures destroyed in antiquity. The collection was catalogued by Theresa Gross-Diaz in the early 1980s.” (from Karen B. Alexander [2012] “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.”