Artistic Bust of Sarapis

Triton XXI, Lot: 108. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.49 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 138/139). AVT K T AIΛ A∆P ANTωNINOC ЄVC CЄB, bare head right / Draped bust right of Sarapis, wearing an ornate kalathos; ЄTO VC B (date) around. Köln 1296 var. (obv. legend); Dattari (Savio) 2338 (this coin); K&G 35.8 var. (same); Emmett 1426.2; Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 103 (this coin). EF, toned. Fine style portrait of Pius and a wonderful, artistic rendition of Sarapis.

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, May 1987. Ex Athos Moretti Collection (Bellinzona); Giuseppe Nascia Collection (Milan); Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 2338.