421, Lot: 480. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.69 g, 12h). Dated RY 9 (AD 145/6). Laureate head right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius; crocodile below, L ENATOV (date) and Iς around. Köln 1521; Dattari (Savio) 2744; K&G 35.315; Emmett 1621.9. VF, attractive green-brown surfaces.

The Greek numerals Iς above the Genius indicate 16 cubits, the optimal flood level height of the Nile during inundation season.