CNG 91, Lot: 766. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32mm, 26.79 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate head right / Distyle temple of Tyche, supporting pediment, disk with uraei in pediment; Tyche within, reclining left on garlanded
lectisternium (couch), holding rudder and raising hand toward head; [L ΔЄ KAT]OY (date) around. Köln 1555-6 var. (no uraei); Dattari (Savio) 3062 var. (same); K&G 35.363 var. (same). Near VF, brown and green patina, earthen encrustation.
From the Greenpoint Collection, acquired from Harlan Berk.