CNG 88, Lot: 1088. Estimate $750. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Sphinx seated left, wearing calathus, placing right forepaw on wheel; L-IH (date) across field. Köln 1138; Dattari (Savio) 7906; K&G 23.603. Good VF, brown surfaces. Impressive.

From the Sierra Collection.