287, Lot: 359. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 22.49 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 140/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Kronos, togate and wearing disk atop head, standing left, holding crocodile and harpa; L TЄ TAR TOV (date) around. Köln 1354; Dattari (Savio) 2685; K&G 35.93; Emmett 1599. Near VF, brown surfaces, red and green deposits.
From the Greenpoint Collection, acquired from Lucien Birkler.