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CNG 109, Lot: 463. Estimate $300.
Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32.3mm, 25.93 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (AD 143/144). Laureate head right / Radiate and draped bust of Sarapis-Pantheos right, wearing kalathos and the horn of Ammon; before, cornucopia of Nilus; over his right shoulder, trident of Poseidon entwined with serpent of Asklepios; L Z (date–Z retrograde) to upper right. Köln 1450; Dattari (Savio) 8729 (same dies); K&G 35.221 (same dies as illustrated coin); Emmett 1676.7 (R4) = Milne 1773a. Good Fine, brown surfaces, light marks and scratches. Very rare.


From the New Orleans Collection. Ex Rob Golan FPL 17 (May 1998), no. 19.