287, Lot: 350. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (31mm, 21.13 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Demeter, holding long torch and grain ears, standing right, vis-à-vis Euthenia standing left, holding grain ears and scepter; [L] to left, IH (date) between figures. Köln 1109; Dattari (Savio) 1672; K&G 27.579 var. (placement of date); Emmett 941. Fine, brown patina, gray-green deposits.
From the Greenpoint Collection.