EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.24 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 137/8). AVT • KAIC TPA AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate head right / Π–Ρ–ONOIA, Pronoia standing facing, head left, holding phoenix in her extended right hand and transverse scepter with her left hand; KB/L (date) in lower left field. Köln 1243 var. (bust with slight drapery, arrangement of rev. legend); cf. Dattari (Savio) 7457 (with slight drapery?); K&G 32.770; Emmett 881.22; Kellner p. 109, pl. 6, Abb. 22 (this coin). Good VF, toned, minor porosity. One year type (tetradrachm) for Hadrian.
Reportedly Ex August Voirol Collection; Frank Sternberg AG Inventory, Zurich, 1980; Dr. Hans Steger Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 6, 18 March 1936), lot 574.
