Pharos at Alexandria

400, Lot: 569. Estimate $300. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Hemidrachm (29mm, 13.91 g, 12h). Dated RY 8 (AD 144/145). Laureate head right / Pharos surmounted by two Tritons, each blowing a trumpet; between them is a lantern surmounted by a statue, holding situla and scepter; entryway below on left; L [H] (date) across field. Köln 1478; Dattari (Savio) 3026-7; K&G 35.286; Emmett 1729.8. VF, brown surfaces, some porosity. Rare.

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