CNG 108, Lot: 684. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Festival of Isis. Mid 4th century AD. Æ (15mm, 1.56 g, 12h). Alexandria mint, 3rd officina. DEO SANCT-O SARAPIDI, head of Serapis right, wearing modius / DEO SANCTO NILO, Nilus reclining left on hippopotamus, holding reed and cornucopia; Γ/–//ALE. Alföldi,
Festival pl. IV, 35; Vagi 2959. Good VF, dark green patina under a thick layer of earthen deposits. Choice.
Ex Roma E-Sale 30 (29 October 2016), lot 608 (hammer £1,100).