EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 23.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7). Near VF.Electronic Auction 560 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 23.14 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two Agathodaemon serpents, wearing sekhemti crowns, erect on either side of column, surmounted by calathus filled with three grain ears and two poppies; L KA (date) across lower field. Köln 1228; Dattari (Savio) 1928; K&G 27.738; RPC III 6186; Emmett 907. Red-brown surfaces, porosity, edge cracks. Near VF. Rare. |