Egypt, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 33.55 mm, 23.47 g). Dated RY 12 = AD 148/9. ΑYΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ YΑΔΡ [ANTω] ΝΙΝΟϹCЄB ЄYC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev. ΔωΔE KAT Isis Pharia, holding billowing sail and sistrum in her right hand, standing to right before the Pharos of Alexandria, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons; L OY (date). Geissen 1606. Dattari-Savio Plate 136, 8575 (this coin). Emmett 1592. RPC IV, 4.1108. Brown patina and very nice style. Very Fine. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection. Ex List Münzschӓtze, Bayerische Vereinsbank, München 12, 1976, lot 302. Ex Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland, Auction 11, 7/8.11.2002, lot 208. Excellent portrait of Antoninus Pius on the obverse of this drachm from his twelfth year of reign (AD 148- 149) formerly in the collection of Giovanni Dattari. On the reverse we admire the Isis Pelagia becoming Isis Pharia sailing on the sea at the water's edge in the direction of the lighthouse of Alexandria, which appears here in its entirety, from the access staircase to the lantern topped by the statue of the sun-god Helios, transmitting light to sailors. It is one of the scenes often reproduced in Alexandrian coinage from Domitian to Commodus, and rightly so to propagandize one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.