EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ Hemidrachm (28mm, 9.78 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 162/3). Λ AYPHΛIOC OYHPOC CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Sphinx reclining right; above, draped bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos; L Γ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 9501; K&G –; RPC IV.4 2521; Emmett 2454.3 (R5). Mottled green and brown patina, some roughness. VF. Very rare.
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