Pharos of Alexandria

219, Lot: 385. Estimate $100. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32mm, 24.40 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia right, holding billowing sail; Pharos to right; L IH (date) above. Köln 1121-2; Dattari (Savio) 1768; K&G 32.588. Fine, brown patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.