382, Lot: 327. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I. AD 244-249. Æ Drachm (32mm, 18.25 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 of Philip I (AD 248/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Uraeus serpent erect right, wearing horns and disc, with a sistrum in its coils and facing Agathodaimon serpent erect left, wearing skhent, with a caduceus in its coils; palm frond in exergue, L ς (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 4955; K&G 74.116; Emmett 3519.6 (R5). Near VF, dark brown patina with tan highlights. Very rare.