80, Lot: 78. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.55 gm.) Dated Year 18 (133/4 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Isis Pharia standing right, holding sistrum (off flan), and billowing sail; L IH (date) across field. Cf. Köln 1117 (date placement); cf. Dattari 1760 (same); cf. Milne 1412/3 (same). Near VF, olive patina, worn at high points, with blue-green undertones.