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Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 526

Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius. AD 41-54. BI Drachm (17mm, 2.97 g, 12h). Dated RY 3 (AD 42/3). [TI KΛ KA] CЄ AV, laureate head right; L Γ (date) before / Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing calathus. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 12.25; RPC I 5136; Emmett 76.3 (R4). Golden yellow patina, edge roughness, off center obverse. VF. Extremely rare, finer than the published examples.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 19 April 2018. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XIV (20 March 1991), lot 463; Aufhäuser 6 (5 October 1989), lot 310; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions IV, 21 September 1988), lot 255; Schweizerische Kreditanstalt 7 (27 April 1987), lot 813.


Estimate: 1500 USD