Mareotes Nome

CNG 91, Lot: 725. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Drachm (32mm, 15.74 g, 12h). Nome issue – Mareotes. Dated RY 13 (AD 109/10). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / [MAPE] OI THC, Zeus-Ammon, wearing atef crown, standing left, holding ram and scepter; L IΓ (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari (Savio) 6291; K&G -. Fine, brown surfaces, some red, minor porosity. Extremely rare.

From the Greenpoint Collection, acquired from Wayne Sayles.