328, Lot: 397. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 20.80 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus seated left, holding reed and cornucopia; Iς above, crocodile below, [L ENΔE]KATOV (date) around. Köln 1584; Dattari (Savio) 2730-1; K&G 35.408; Emmett 1617.11. Near VF, earthen green and brown patina, minor surface roughness.

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