237, Lot: 226. Estimate $150. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 21.35 g, 12h). Uncertain regnal date, struck AD 140-154. Laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius right / Coinjoined busts of Sarapis, wearing kalathos, and Isis, wearing uraeus, right; date off flan. Cf. Köln 1414; cf. Dattari (Savio) 2855; cf. K&G 35.161 (all RY 5 with busts seen from behind). VF, green patina.
From Collection CR.
Drachms with this reverse were struck in regnal years 4, 5, 7, and 17.