★ Ex Dattari ★

EGYPT, Alexandria: Gallienus (253-268) billon tetradrachm, issued 267-268 (year 15). 9.53g, 23mm.
Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r.
Rev. Eagle standing l., holding wreath in beak; behind, palm.
Geissen 2944. Dattari-Savio Pl. 273, 10547.
From the Orfew collection, ex Naville Numismatics 29, lot 438, 26.02.2017; ex Dattari Collection.

Giovanni Dattari assembled what was undoubtedly the best ever collection of Imperial-era Alexandrian coins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; see Lucia Carbone, “Giovanni Dattari and His Fabled Collection of Alexandrian Coins,” ANS Journal (Issue 2, 2018), pp. 6-27.