328, Lot: 393. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 25.00 g, 11h). Dated RY 7 (AD 143/4). Laureate head right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; Iς above, L Z (date) to left, crocodile below. Köln 1449; Dattari (Savio) 2747; K&G 35.217; Emmett 1621.7 (R4). Near VF, earthen brown patina.

The Greek numerals “Iς” above the Genius indicate 16 cubits, the optimal flood level height of the Nile during inundation season.