354, Lot: 453. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 21.26 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/9). Laureate head right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; L ΔωΔЄK ATO [V] (date) around. Köln 1601; Dattari (Savio) 2676 var. (obv. legend); K&G 35.433; Emmett 1592.12. VF, dark green to black patina with earthen highlights/deposits.