Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 533
The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 11.77 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 161/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, seen from behind / Draped bust of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing ram's horn, crown of solar disc and uraei; L B (date) across fields. Köln 1999 var. (obv. bust type & legend); Dattari (Savio) 3406 var. (obv. legend); K&G 37.124 var. (obv. legend); RPC IV.4 2311; Emmett 2090.2. Toned, short flan crack. Good VF. Rare. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 27 September 1997. Ex Lucius S. Ruder Collection (Coin Galleries, 19 August 1987), lot 367.
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