Iconic Representation of Isis Suckling Harpokrates

357, Lot: 352. Estimate $500. Sold for $703. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diobol (24mm, 8.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/132). AVT KAI TPAI A∆PIA C[EB], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis enthroned right, nursing Harpocrates; L Iς (date) across field. Köln 1046; Dattari (Savio) 1749; K&G 32.530; Emmett 1138.16; Kellner p. 107, pl. 6, Abb. 8 (this coin). Good VF, attractive brown patina with patches of red.

Ex Stöcklin Collection; Frank Sternberg AG Inventory, Zurich, 1974.