Hermopolites Nome

433, Lot: 232. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (14mm, 2.13 g, 12h). Hermopolites nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / EPMO L AI (date), cynocephalus seated right, wearing sun disk. Köln 3401; Dattari (Savio) 6270 var. (L IA); K&G N18.7; Emmet 1294; RPC III 6288. Near VF, green patina. Interesting issue.

A cynocephalus is a creature with the body of a baboon and head of a dog. In ancient Egypt the cynocephalus was sacred to Thoth.