EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Diobol (24mm, 9.11 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 of Marcus Aurelius (AD 163/4). Draped bust right / Canopic jar of Osiris left, ornamented and wearing Atef crown; L Δ (date) across field; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 2111; Dattari (Savio) 9378 = RPC IV.4 2684.6 (this coin); K&G 38.14; Emmett 2314.4 (R5). Brown patina with glossy green deposits, edge splits. Near VF. Very rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (Naville Numismatics 30, 2 April 2017), lot 330.
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