CNG 106, Lot: 625. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Drachm (31mm, 22.38 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 of Antoninus Pius (AD 148/149). Draped bust right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum, standing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; L ΔωΔЄ KA TOV (date) around. Köln –; Datari (Savio) 9114; K&G 38.41; Emmett 1989.12 (R3). Near VF, even brown surfaces. Rare reverse type for Faustina Junior.
Ex Emporium Hamburg 66 (17 November 2011), lot 318.