EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Diobol (22mm, 7.61 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 165/6). Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Serpent Agathodaemon, wearing skhent, coiled left on horse galloping left, L ϛ (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 3579; K&G 37.296; RPC IV.4 2971; Emmett 2216.6 (R5). Brown patina, roughness. Fine. Extremely rare, only two recorded in RPC.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Shick Coins, 31 March 2015.
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