EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Obol (19.5mm, 6.10 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC, laureate head right / Eros riding dolphin left, holding chelys(?) in raised right hand; L Є across field. Köln 1590; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 35.179; RPC IV.4 604; Emmett 1770.5 (R5). Brown patina with earthen highlights, light roughness. Near VF. Extremely rare, five known to RPC, none in CoinArchives, the first in private hands.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 14 January 2006.
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