EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 23.36 g, 11h). Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). AVT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC C ЄB, laureate head right / Central medallion containing draped bust of Sarapis left, wearing calathus, surrounded by two zodiacal wheels, one inside the other; the inner wheel consisting of seven busts of each of seven planetary divinities flanking L H (date); the outer consisting of each of the twelve signs of the zodiac within a separate compartment. Köln 1491 var. (obv. legend); cf. Dattari (Savio) 2982 (for rev.); K&G 35.258; RPC IV.4 Online 14869; Emmett 1707.8 (= BMC 1079). Brown and green patina. VF. Extremely rare, RPC cites twelve examples, ten of which are in public collections, only one example in CoinArchives.