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The Pharos of Alexandria

421, Lot: 481. Estimate $500.
Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.05 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; L ΔωΔЄ-KAT-[OV] (date) around. Köln 1608; Dattari (Savio) 8575; K&G 35.434; Emmett 1592.12. VF, green-brown surfaces.


The protector of sailors, Pharia was just one of the various appellations given to Isis. This association with sailors emanated from the Pharos (lighthouse) of Alexandria.