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Lot # 256
M. Aemilius Lepidus. AR Denarius, 61 BC. D/ ALEXANDREA. Turreted head of Alexandria right. R/ M LEPIDVS/TVTOR REG/SC/PONTIF MAX. M. Lepidus crowning the young Ptolemy V. RRSC D211.2a; Cr. 419/2. 4.02 g. 19 mm. RR. Very rare. Faint test (?) marks on obverse. Full weight and cabinet tone. 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.