EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35.5mm, 26.18 g, 11h). Prosopite nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / ΠPOCω ΠITHC, young Harsomtous-Herakles standing facing, head left, wearing nemes and hem-hem crown, raising right hand to mouth and club in left; L H (date) in lower field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6360; K&G N44.5; RPC IV.4 791.11 (this coin); W&G III; Emmett 1817.8 (R3). Dark brown patina with patches of verdigris, some porosity. VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (H. Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 3775.
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