401, Lot: 322. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32mm, 22.75 g, 12h). Dated RY 5 (AD 141/142). Laureate head right / Nilus seated right on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below to left; Euthenia standing left, wearing elephant-skin cap, drapery over her left arm, holding wreath with her right hand; in exergue, L Є (date). Köln 1404-5 var. (Euthenia holding grain ears); Dattari (Savio) 2775; K&G 35.152 var. (same); Emmett 1628.5 (R3). Near VF, dark brown and tan surfaces, minor roughness. Rare variety with Euthenia holding wreath.
Ex Robert L. Grover Collection, Art Institute of Chicago (Gemini XIII, 6 April 2017), lot 463 (part of).