Lot 287:
M. Aemilius Lepidus. AR Denarius, 61 BC. Obv. ALEXSANDREA. Turreted head of Alexandria right. Rev. M LEPIDVS/TVTOR REG/SC/PONTIF MAX. M. Lepidus crowning the young Ptolemy V. Cr. 419/2; B. 8Aemilia) 23. AR. 3.59 g. 17.50 mm. RR. Very rare and seldom offered. Lightly toned, with golden hues. Almost invisible scratches in obverse right field, otherwise about EF/Good VF. The type refers to a moneyer's ancestor, with the same name, who was one of the three ambassadors sent to the Egyptian court in BC 201, to administer the affairs of the kingdom for the infant king.
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