456, Lot: 303. Estimate $200. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.96 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/149). 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 [ΔωΔ]Є KAT OV (date) around. Köln 1608; Dattari (Savio) 8575; K&G 35.434; RPC IV.4 Online 13640; Emmett 1592.12. Black patina with traces of red, some light earthen deposits, a few scratches and scrapes. VF.

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.