448, Lot: 343. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Uncertain. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. PB Tessera (21mm, 5.17 g, 12h). Dated year 5 of an uncertain era. Male figure standing right, being crowned by Victory advancing left; cantharus between / Nilus seated right on rocks, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile to left below; before Nilus, Euthenia(?) standing left, raising her right hand; LЄ in exergue. MIlne –; Dattari (Savio) –; Köln –. Near VF. An important example of this type with a legible date.