354, Lot: 436. Estimate $100. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.11 g, 11h). Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). 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 T]PICK[AI] (date) below. Köln 1001; Dattari (Savio) 1808; K&G 32.470; Emmett 1413.13 var. (unlisted regnal year). Fine, reddish-brown patina with touches of green.

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