EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Obol (20mm, 7.96 g, 12h). Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). Laureate head right / Griffin seated right with left forepaw on wheel; L H (date) in exergue. Köln 1472; Dattari (Savio) 3119; K&G 35.294; RPC IV.4 902.16 (this coin); Emmett 1772 (R3). Brown patina, obverse die flaw, minor smoothing. Near VF.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 256 (25 May 2011), lot 261.
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