429, Lot: 292. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35.1mm, 23.19 g, 11h). Dated RY 13 (AD 149/150). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a Genius who crowns Nilus with a wreath; [L] TPICKAI (date) to left, Iς above, crocodile to right below. Köln 1639; Dattari (Savio) 2753; K&G 35.477; Emmett 1621.13. Good VF, attractive dark brown patina with traces of green.
From the DMS Collection.