354, Lot: 452. Estimate $500. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 22.75 g, 11h). Dated RY 11 (AD 147/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elpis standing left, holding lotus blossom and raising a fold of her skirt; L ЄN Δ ЄKATOV (date) around. Köln 1578 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 2543 var. (same); K&G 35.404 var. (same); Emmett 1501.11. VF, reddish-brown patina. Well struck with good surfaces.
Ex Gemini XII (11 January 2015), lot 373.