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400, Lot: 570. Estimate $300.
Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 24.64 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 145/146). Laureate head right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; Iς to left, crocodile below, flora in exergue; L ЄNATOV (date) around. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2750; K&G 35.316; Emmett 1621.9. Near VF, smooth, attractive brown patina.


From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 719.

The Greek numerals “Iς” to the left of Nilus indicate 16 cubits, the optimal flood level height of the Nile during inundation season.