Saites Nome

CNG 91, Lot: 750. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (20mm, 5.61 g, 11h). Nome issue – Saites. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Athena standing left, holding [owl] and spear; L IA (date) in legend. Köln 3427; cf. Dattari 6370; K&G N45.13. VF, brown and green patina, minor roughness. Rare.

From the Greenpoint Collection.