125, Lot: 156. Estimate $100. Sold for $76. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ Drachm (34mm, 16.77 g). Dated RY 8 (144/5 AD). Laureate head right /
Saturn in Aquarius: veiled bust left of Kronos, disk atop head, falx behind left shoulder; star of eight rays before; youth swimming left beneath, looking back over shoulder, wearing chlamys and holding an inverted amphora with both hands; below him, L H. Kˆln 1506 var. (without falx); Dattari 2979; Milne 1824a. Fine, dark brown patina.