328, Lot: 394. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 25.68 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 145/6). Laureate head right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; Iς above, crocodile below, L ENATOV (date) around. Köln 1522 var. (bust type); Dattari (Savio) 8631; K&G 35.316; Emmett 1621.9. VF, green and brown patina, minor surface roughness.

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