EGYPT, Alexandria. Trebonianus Gallus. AD 251-253. BI Tetradrachm (22mm, 11.22 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 252/3). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Alexandria standing facing, head left, wearing turreted crown, raising right hand and holding long scepter; L Γ (date) across field. Köln 2832; Dattari (Savio) 5110; K&G 83.2; RPC IX 2297.13 (this coin); Emmett 3662.3. Brown patina, minor marks. VF.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Father Wilbur B. Dexter Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 137, 12 April 2006), lot 165.
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