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319, Lot: 304. Estimate $100.
Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 20.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius who crowns Nilus with a wreath; L TPI[CK]AI (date) to left, Iς above, crocodile below. Köln 1639; Dattari (Savio) 2753; K&G 35.477. Near VF, artificial green patina with earthen deposits.


The Greek numerals Iς above the Genius indicate 16 cubits, the optimal flood level height of the Nile during inundation season