EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33.5mm, 25.01 g, 12h). Menelaites Nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/145).

CNG Feature Auction 115
Lot: 498. Estimated: $ 1 000

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Sold For $ 2 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33.5mm, 25.01 g, 12h). Menelaites Nome. Dated RY 8 (AD 144/145). Laureate head right / MЄNЄ ΛAЄITH[C], Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, holding cornucopia with his left arm, right hand raised to his mouth, wearing skhent and standing left; lit altar to left; L H (date) in exergue. Köln 3435-8; Dattari (Savio) 6315-9; K&G N31.8; RPC IV.4 Online 13971/44 (this coin cited and illustrated); Emmett 1819.8. Dark brown patina with touches of green. VF.

From the Stein A. Evensen Collection. Ex Collection CR (Classical Numismatic Group 85, 15 September 2010), lot 717.


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