EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Diobol (23.5mm, 8.74 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 145/6). Laureate head right / Bust of Nilus right, crowned with taenia and lotus buds, drapery on left shoulder; cornucopia before; L ЄNA TOV (date) around. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2721 & 8604-5; K&G 35.325; RPC IV.4 947; Emmett 1757.9. Red-brown patina with spot of green, some roughness. VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Ex Palladium Numismatics BBS 11 (April 1996), lot 493.
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