EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.11 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 121/2). VF.

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The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.11 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 121/2). Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder; crescent before / Bust of Zeus Ammon right, drapery on left shoulder, wearing ram’s horn and solar disk; L ϛ (date) across field. Köln 823; Dattari (Savio) 1520; K&G 32.177; RPC III 5304.6 (this coin); Emmett 905.6 (R5). Deep cabinet tone. VF. Very rare, finer than the RPC plate coin.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 196 (7 March 2011), lot 2288 (conserved since).


Closing Date and Time: 17 April 2024 at 12:42:20 ET.

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