50, Lot: 51. Estimate $250. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Drachm (23.64 gm). Dated Year 12=148/149 AD. [AVT K] T AIL ADR ANTWNINO[C CEB EVC], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ÐWÐE KAT, LOV in exergue, Isis Pharia sailing right toward the Pharos lighthouse, on which is a lantern surmounted by a statue, and two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (trumpet). Köln 1608; Milne 2001 var. (legend). VF. ($250)

On this coin, as on few others, the lighthouse is situated realistically on a high cliff.