CNG 91, Lot: 774. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Diobol (23mm, 9.34 g, 12h). Dated RY 16 (AD 152/3). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Agathodaimon, wearing
sekhemti (
pschent) crown, right on gound line, flanked by grain ears and poppies; L I ς (date) across field. Köln 1683-4 var. (bust type); Dattari 3079
bis; K&G 35.542 var. (bust type). VF, dark green and brown patina with dusty orange overtones. Rare.
From the Greenpoint Collection.