Altar of Agathodaimon - Ex Dattari Collection
237, Lot: 236. Estimate $150. Sold for $430. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 41.21 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 151/2). AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTωNINC (
sic) CЄB ЄVC, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Altar of Agathodaimon: tetraastyle façade with garlanded entablature set on two-tiered base; above, aphlasta to either end; in center, pyre of burning pinecones; L I-Є (date) across field. Köln 1672 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 8855 (this coin); K&G 35.531 var. (same). VF, brown patina, scattered rough patches on reverse.
From Collection CR. Ex Dattari Collection, no. 8855.