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172, Lot: 140. Estimate $100.
Sold for $115. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 25.74 g). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/9). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Distyle temple with globe in pediment, within Serapis enthroned left, holding sceptre and stretching out hand to Cerberus at feet; date around. Köln 1617/1616; cf. Milne 2012; cf. Dattari 3058; cf. BMC 1193; Emmett 1668. Fine, brown patina.


From The John A. Seeger Collection.

All the published specimens display minor variations in portrait types and details of the reverse. None of them have the swags above the head of Serapis, which are either garlands on the temple or drapery pulled back from the inner shrine.