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Lot # 259
EGYPT. Alexandria. Severus Alexander, 222-235. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.10 mm, 12.89 g) L Z = year 7 = 227/228. A KAI M AYP CEY AΛEΞANΔPOC EY Laureate and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander right , short bearded, wearing paludamentum with fibula on left shoulder. Rev. Jugate busts of Nilus left and Euthenia right. Nilus is bearded and wreathed with a lotus flower between two leaves and holding a cornucopia on the right shoulder, while Euthenia is draped and wearing a grain ear wreath. L Z = year 7 to outer right below. Dattari 4341; Emmett 3128.7; Koln 2445; Geissen 2445; Kampmann/Ganschow 62.93. About extremely fine. From the G.M. Staffieri Collection. Ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, Auktion IL, 13-14 December 1995, lot 393.