EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Obol (19mm, 5.86 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 153/4). ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVCЄB, laureate bust right, traces of drapery on left shoulder / Serpent Uraeus coiled and erect left, wearing crown of solar disk and horns; L I Z (date) across field. Köln 1585 corr. (date); Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC IV.4 1628; Emmett 1784.17 (RY17 not recorded). Dark brown patina, light porosity. Near VF. Extremely rare, only three recorded in RPC, none in CoinArchives.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 10 June 2009.
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