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Electronic Auction 362  28 October 2015
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Lot 337

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 182 USD
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Aelius. Caesar, AD 136-138. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.28 g, 12h). Struck AD 137. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Homonoia standing facing, head left, holding a patera over a lighted and garlanded altar to left, and cradling a cornucopia. Köln 1271; Dattari (Savio) 7989; K&G 34.2; Emmett 1350. VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, flan flaws.

From the Hermanubis Collection.

An interesting dating convention for the time, this series of tetradrachms was issued carrying Aelius' titles (and subsequent dates) as tribune and consul, the latter for the second time. Other series from Alexandria generally involved the dating of the coins with respect to the emperor's regnal year rather than the conventions employed here.
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