Hadrian Cruising the Nile

349, Lot: 341. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diobol (25mm, 9.68 g, 12h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian, raising hand and holding scepter, seated left on galley sailing left under direction of helmsman; vexillum on front deck, L I-E (date) across upper field. Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3 & 7525; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. Near VF, brown patina with touches of green.

Ex Simon Shipp Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 316, 4 December 2013), lot 339.