EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.00 g, 1h). Dated RY 10 (AD 125/6). VF.

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Lot: 481. Estimated: $ 100

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.00 g, 1h). Dated RY 10 (AD 125/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Agathodaemon serpent erect right, wearing skhent, with a caduceus in its coils and facing Uraeus serpent erect left, wearing horns and solar disc, with a sistrum in its coils; L ∆ E KAT OV (date) around. Köln 894-5 var. (date arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 7508; K&G 32.337; RPC III 5596; Emmett 804.10. Toned, light granularity, small scratch on reverse. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Harvey Hoffer Collection of coins of Hadrian (Harmer Rooke, 12-13 December 1986), lot 970 (part of).


Closing Date and Time: 20 March 2024 at 12:40:00 ET.

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