436, Lot: 389. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail, sailing right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; L IH (date) above. Köln 1121-2; Dattari (Savio) 1768; K&G 32.588; RPC III 5895; Emmett 1002.18. Near VF, dark green-brown patina.
From the collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Heritage 3030 (NYINC, 5 January 2014), lot 23860.