Extremely Rare Cronus Type

328, Lot: 392. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 20.84 g, 1h). Dated RY 4 (AD 140/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Veiled and draped bust of Cronus right, wearing disk atop head; harpa to right, [L] Δ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 8583 (same rev. die); K&G 35.92 var. (obv. bust treatment and date spelled out on rev.); Emmett 1595.4 (R5); CNG 91, lot 757 (same dies). Near VF, brown patina, two edge splits. Extremely rare. Exceptional bust of Cronus.