171, Lot: 49. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (33mm, 26.52 g). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia holding billowing sail and sistrum, advancing to right while her cloak swirls out behind her; date to left. Köln 1117; Milne -; Dattari 1760; Emmett 1000. Fine, smooth brown patina.

Isis Pharia is specifically associated with the famous lighthouse of Alexandria, the Pharos.