Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVII - Session 2 . 526
The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage
Category
EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. BI Drachm (17mm, 2.97 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). [TI KΛ KA] CЄ AV, laureate head right; L Γ (date) before / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 12.25; RPC I 5136; Emmett 76.3 (R4). Golden yellow patina, edge roughness, off center obverse. VF. Extremely rare, finer than the published examples. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XIV (20 March 1991), lot 463; Aufhäuser 6 (5 October 1989), lot 310; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions IV, 21 September 1988), lot 255; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 813.
Description
-
Grade
EUR
Starting
-
Estimate
EUR
Realized