They are so
rare that sometimes a collector is happy with a very worn specimen.
I noticed this specimen of the Coronarium series in a lot and bought it cheaply:
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP laureate
head right / [
ALEXANDRIA] around,
COS II in
exergue and
S - C in fields.
Alexandria standing left, holding crown (some
still say box) looks like a plate of pancakes, and an
ibis on her left
arm. In the
standard reference works a variation with
COS - II also in the fields is given as the
standard, but I have seen several coins like mine. I also noticed a
reverse die identical specimen sold by Kuenker, but here with drapery on far shoulder. I have also seen a different, but similar
reverse die.
So there are at least three variations of this unrecorded coin
type.
Frans