[Homebutton][Shopping Header]

                                 Item Sold At Auction #5
                                   -----------------------------------
                  Web Product ID: 1431
                  Estimate: $200.00
                  Final Sale Price: $148.50
                                   -----------------------------------
                  Denomination: Tetradrachm
                  Grade: Good VF
                  Reference: Köln 903; Dattari 1325




  Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Billon Tetradrachm (13.08 gm). Struck year 10
  (=125/6 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Canopus of Osiris right.
  Köln 903; Dattari 1325; Milne 1154; Curtis 375; SNG Copenhagen 318. Good VF, porous,
  museum catalogue number taped on edge. Estimate $200.



  Canopic types relate to the cult of Osiris, and in Pharaonic Egypt, four canopic jars
  were employed to hold the viscera of a mummy. Later under Roman occupation, in
  addition to the visceral remains, canopic jars also held papyri with funereal texts.