Details
LOT 3261
Antoninus Pius AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 138-161. Uncertain date.
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Head of Zeus-Ammon to right, wearing ram's horn with solar disk and uraei; date in field. Cf. RPC IV.4 Online 1517 (dated RY 17). Fine.(22.85gr, 33mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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