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LOT 3520

Antoninus Pius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8).

ANTധNINOC CЄB [...], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / L ЄΝΔ-Є-ΚΑΤΟΥ, Elpis standing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left. RPC IV.4, 1052 var. (Drachm); Dattari (Savio) 8417 var. (same). Near Very Fine. Olive green patina. Apparently unpublished as hemidrachm.(11.92gr, 31mm, 11h.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 3520

Antoninus Pius AE Hemidrachm of Alexandria, Egypt.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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