384, Lot: 483. Estimate $100. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32mm, 20.71 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail, sailing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; L IH (date) above. Köln 1121-2; Dattari (Savio) 1768; K&G 32.588; Emmett 1002.18. Fine, green and brown patina with earthen highlights/deposits.

From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection.