Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1281. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. 81-96 AD. Æ Obol (3.48 gm, 12h). Dated RY 11 (91/2 AD). Laureate head left / Egyptian sphinx reclining right; date above. RPC II 2646; Köln 396; Dattari 571; Milne 510; Emmett 327. VF, brown surfaces, pit on Domitian's forehead. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

A rare numismatic representation of an Egyptian sphinx in the pose of the famous Giza monumental statue.