Exceptional Hadrian Isis Pharia Drachm

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 879. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (24.19 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia standing right, holding sistrum and billowing sail; to right, Pharus of Alexandria; date above. Köln 1121; Emmett 1002. EF, brown patina.

From the Alexandre de Barros Collection.