429, Lot: 291. Estimate $300. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34.1mm, 22.43 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 147/148). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus seated left, holding reed and cornucopia; Iς above, crocodile below, L ЄNΔЄ KAT OV (date) around. Köln 1584; Dattari (Savio) 2730-1; K&G 35.408; Emmett 1617.11. VF, brown surfaces.

From the DMS Collection.

The Greek numerals “Iς” (placed within the date) indicate 16 cubits, the optimal flood level height of the Nile during inundation season.