Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 460

Price realized: 140 USD   (Approx. 129 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 21.22 g, 11h). Dated RY 17 (AD 153/4). Laureate bust left, traces of drapery on right shoulder / Altar of Agathodaimon: hexastyle façade with garlanded entablature set on two-tiered base; above, aphlasta on either end; pyre of burning pinecones in center; I-Z/L (date) across field and in exergue. Köln 1701 var. (obv. bust type); Dattari (Savio) 3011-3; K&G 35.597; RPC IV.4 Online 1584; Emmett 1448.17. Red-green patina, roughness, smoothing, reverse details enhanced, flan crack. Near VF.

Ex Nomos Obolos 23 (12 June 2022), lot 76; J. P. Righetti Collection, no. 69.


Estimate: 150 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 560Auction date: 17 April 2024
Lot number: 472

Price realized: Unsold
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.10 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 153/4). Laureate bust right, traces of drapery on left shoulder / Nilus reclining left on crocodile, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left, from which emerges an infant Genius; to left, genius standing right of domed shrine inscribed Iς (for 16 cubits); L IZ (date) above. Köln 1707; Dattari (Savio) 2766; K&G 35.602; RPC IV.4 1537; Emmett 1622.17. Red-brown patina, light roughness, details enhanced. Near VF.

Ex J.P. Righetti Collection (Nomos Obolos 23, 12 June 2022), lot 74.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 410

Price realized: 200 USD   (Approx. 185 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 22.24 g, 12h). Dated RY 14 (AD 150/1). Laureate bust left, traces of drapery on right shoulder / Triptolemos driving biga of winged serpents right; L IΔ (date) above. Köln 1663; Dattari (Savio) 2905; K&G 35.514; RPC IV.4 Online 1288; Emmett 1683.14. Rough brown surfaces, smoothed and tooled. Near VF.

Ex J.P. Righetti Collection (Nomos Obolos 23, 12 June 2022), lot 70 (hammer 600 CHF).


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558Auction date: 20 March 2024
Lot number: 462

Price realized: 375 USD   (Approx. 345 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 24.67 g, 12h). Dated RY 20 (AD 156/7). Laureate bust left, traces of drapery on right shoulder / Antoninus Pius on horseback riding right, raising hand and holding short scepter; L K (date) in right field. Köln 1776; Dattari (Savio) 2439; K&G 35.711; RPC IV.4 Online 1867.14 (this coin); Emmett 1504.20. Red-brown patina, light roughness, smoothing. Near VF.

Ex Nomos 24 (22 May 2022), lot 353; J. P. Righetti Collection, no. 230.


Estimate: 200 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5524

Price realized: 200 USD   (Approx. 184 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 24.64 g, 11h). Dated RY 17 (AD 153/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Altar of Agathodaemon: monumental hexastyle altar, barriers between columns; above; pyre with aphlasta as acroteria; L I Z (date) around. Köln 1865 (date illegible); Dattari (Savio) 3008 var. (date arrangement); K&G 35.595; RPC IV.4 Online 1586; Emmett 1448.17. Dark brown patina, some porosity, flan adjustment marks, edge splits. Near VF.

From the Lionel Tenby Collection.


Estimate: 300 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 559Auction date: 3 April 2024
Lot number: 411

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 93 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (35mm, 30.74 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 153/4). Laureate bust left, slight drapery on right shoulder / Agathodaemon serpent with head of Sarapis erect right; grain ear in coils to either side; L I Z (date) across field. Köln 1721 var. (date arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 2830; K&G 35.594; RPC IV.4 Online 1578; Emmett 1443.17 (R4). Rough red brown surfaces, edge splits, smoothed and tooled, obverse scrape. Near VF. Rare.

Ex J.P. Righetti Collection (Nomos Obolos 23, 12 June 2022), lot 77.


Estimate: 100 USD