Egypt, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius 161-180. Drachm (Bronze, 34.29 mm, 25.34 g). Dated RY 3 = AD 162/3. M AYPHΛIOC ANΤωNINOC CЄ Laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius wearing cuirass and paludamentum right, seen from rear. Rev. Draped bust of Serapis, on base, wearing kalathos right; crescent on left and star to right; L Γ (date) across field. Geissen -. Dattari 3511, plate XXII (reverse). Emmett 2169. RPC IV.4. 2455 var. (bust left). Brown-green patina. Very Fine/Good Very Fine. Ex Kölner Münzkabinett, Auction 67, 12-13.11.1997, lot 634. On this extremely rare drachm we finally have Marcus Aurelius Augustus in his third year of reign with a nude bust in a refined but realistic style that is an unpublished variant of the similar drachm recorded by RPC. The reverse also features the unusual image of the bust of Serapis on a pedestal in the form of a stand for use in celebratory processional liturgies. A well-centred, fabulously patinated coin with a beautifully preserved reverse.