287, Lot: 362. Estimate $100. 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 (33mm, 27.89 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 140/1). Laureate and draped bust right / Nilus seated left on rock, holding reed and cornucopia; below, crocodile standing right; all within tetrastyle temple, pediment decorated with disk; L Δ (date) across field. Köln 1356 var. (bust type); Dattari (Savio) 8895 var. (same); K&G 35.83 var. (same); Emmett 1627. Fine, green patina, earthen encrustation, a few cleaning scratches.
From the Greenpoint Collection.