349, Lot: 347. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.05 g, 11h). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, crocodile below, L ∆ω∆E KATOV (date) around. Köln 1594; Dattari (Savio) 2294; K&G 35.426; Emmett 1413.12. VF, toned, minor porosity.

From the Estate of Wayne C. Phillips.

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