Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 542 Numistats ref: 673032
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The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage
Category
EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 26.15 g, 11h). Mareotis nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / MA PЄ ωTHC, Zeus Ammon-Ra standing facing, head left, crowned with solar disk, holding ram and long scepter; H/L (date) to left. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6293 = K&G N28.5 = RPC IV.4 783.4 = W&G p. 280, III, pl. XIX, 191 (this coin); Emmett 1831.8 (R4). Red-brown patina with some green, minor roughness, die flaws. VF. Very rare, the finest of the four recorded in RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 28 May 2019. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 282; Johns Hopkins University Collection [inv. 83.199] (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 1011 (part of); Giovanni Dattari Collection. Description
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank L. Kovacs, 28 May 2019. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 282; Johns Hopkins University Collection [inv. 83.199] (Part I, Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 1011 (part of); Giovanni Dattari Collection. Description
fine
Grade
575.25 EUR
Starting
958.75 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized