Ex A.K. & Dattari Collections

CNG 106, Lot: 624. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (32mm, 18.71 g, 11h). Dated RY 22 (AD 158/159). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Hermanubis standing facing, head right, holding long caduceus and long palm frond; to left, jackal standing left, head right; [L] K B (date) across field. Köln 1831 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 2632 (this coin); K&G 35.795 var. (obv. legend and bust type); Emmett 1568.22; Kellner p. 114, pl. 8, Abb. 28 (this coin). EF, dark brown patina with touches of green and red, some peripheral striking weakness. Exceptional for the issue.

Ex A.K. Collection; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 2632.