EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.92 g, 12h). Sebennyte nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNЄINOC CЄB ЄVC, laureate head right / CЄBЄN NV THC, Onuris-Shu/Ares standing facing, head left, wearing helmet and military dress, holding spear in right hand and parazonium in left; L H (date) in lower field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6383; K&G N46.5; RPC IV.4 794.14 = W&G p. 514, III, pl. XXV, 237 (this coin); Emmett 1810.8 (R4). Dark brown patina, trace deposits. Good VF. One of the finest known.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 560.
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