EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.02 g, 11h). Menelaites Nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). Near VF.

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Lot: 658. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.02 g, 11h). Menelaites Nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/5). Laureate head right / MЄNЄ ΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, holding cornucopia with his left arm, right hand raised to his mouth, wearing skhent and standing left; lit altar to left; L H (date) in exergue. Köln 3435-8; Dattari (Savio) 6315-9; K&G N31.8; RPC IV.4 Online 13971; Emmett 1819.8. Red-brown patina, minor roughness. Near VF.

Ex Berk BBS 216 (27 July 2021), lot 585; Paramount, Miami Beach International Auction Sale (7 January 1977), lot 787.


Closing Date and Time: 4 January 2023 at 13:39:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 20% buyer’s fee.