EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.94 g, 11h). Dated RY 23 (AD 159/160). TI AI A∆ ANTωNINOC ЄV, laureate and draped bust right / Draped busts vis-à-vis of Sarapis and Isis; Sarapis wearing taenia and ornate kalathos and Isis wearing headdress of two plumes on a solar disk with a horn to either side; L below, K above, and Γ to right (L KΓ – date). Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2377; K&G 35.817; RPC IV.4 Online 14360/3 & 10 (this coin cited and illustrated twice); Emmett 1434.23 (R3). Deeply toned. VF. Well centered. Very rare, with only six specimens appearing in CoinArchives, incuding this coin.
From the TAB Collection. Ex New Orleans Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 109, 12 September 2018), lot 470, purchased from Nilus Coins, March 1998; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2409.