The Constellation Leo

346, Lot: 348. Estimate $150. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Diobol (23mm, 8.75 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 147/148). Laureate head right / Lion leaping right, head left; star to upper left; [L] IA (date) below. Köln 1582; Dattari (Savio) 3130bis; K&G 35.414; Emmett 1756.11. VF, green and brown patina, some roughness.

From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s.

With the star in the field, the lion is a representation of the constellation Leo.