EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Hemidrachm (27.5mm, 17.42 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 of Antoninus Pius (AD 154/5). M AVPHΛIOC KAICAP, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Nike, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond and reins with left, driving galloping biga right; L I H (date) above and below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9053 = RPC IV.4 1739.1 = Figari & Mosconi 824 (this coin); K&G –; Emmett 1907.18 (RY18 not recorded). Brown patina, some peripheral roughness, die flaw on obverse. Near VF. Extremely rare, presently unique.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Malter Galleries, 12 February 2006. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection.
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