Very Rare Nautical Drachm

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3156. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (23.53 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Serapis, pointing to Cerberus seated at feet and holding scepter, enthroned left on galley left; on either side, Kore(?) standing right, holding [grain ears] and pomegranate, and Tyche Soterios (Fortuna Redux) standing left, holding rudder and cornucopia. Köln -; Dattari 2860 = Emmett 1672/5 (same rev. die). VF, green and brown patina, some earthen deposits. Very rare.

From the John A. Seeger Collection.