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Lot # 382
Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 35.16 mm, 26.40 g). Dated RY 5 (= 141/2). [ΑΥΤ Κ Τ] ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ [ΕΥϹΕΒ] Laureate-headed bust right, wearing cuirass and paludamentum. Rev. Heracles (youthful), wearing wreath, standing, left, holding Nike with palm, wreath and club, lion skin over arm; [L] - Є (date) across field. Geissen-. Dattari-Savio 2585-6 & Dattari 8478, suppl. Pl. 16, 57. RPC IV.4, 483.4 (this coin cited, + ill.). Emmett -. Brown patina, porosity. Near Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection. Ex CNA Ltd. XIII, 12. 04. 1990, Lot 93. On the reverse of this very scarce drachm there is an unusual image of the Greek hero Heracles, leading figure of the mythical "twelve labors" that begin to appear only on the reverses of the Antoninian drachms starting from the fifth year of the reign of Antoninus Pius (141-142 AD).