★ Ex Dattari Collection ★
Antoninus Pius Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated year 10 = AD 146/147. AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTΩNЄINOC CЄB ЄYC, laureate head right / L ΔEKATOY, Zeus, holding patera and sceptre, reclining left on eagle standing facing with wings spread and head to right. RPC Online 13589 (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 in A. Savio, Catalogo completo della collezione Dattari Numi Augg. Alexandrini (Trieste, 1999);
Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, formed in Egypt prior to 1901.
Price realized | -- |
Starting price | 2'000 GBP |
Estimate | 2'500 GBP |