Naville Numismatics Ltd.
Auction 41 24 Jun 2018
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Egypt, Alexandria. Dattari. Hadrian, 117-138 Drachm circa 136-137 (year 21), Æ 33.5mm., 27.13g. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. Monumental altar of Caesareum with six columns, surmounted with pyre, in exergue, LKA. RPC 6142.5 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 93, 1891 (this coin).
Rare, nice brown tone, About Very Fine/Very Fine.
From the Dattari collection.
Often described as altar of Agathodaemon, J. McKenzie, The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt (Yale, 2007), p. 187 describes it as a 'distinctive but unidentified structure', rejecting as unsatisfactory the identifications as the monumental altars in the Caesareum, the altar of Agathos Daimon or the altar of Alexander.
Rare, nice brown tone, About Very Fine/Very Fine.
From the Dattari collection.
Often described as altar of Agathodaemon, J. McKenzie, The Architecture of Alexandria and Egypt (Yale, 2007), p. 187 describes it as a 'distinctive but unidentified structure', rejecting as unsatisfactory the identifications as the monumental altars in the Caesareum, the altar of Agathos Daimon or the altar of Alexander.