EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.59 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). VF.

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Lot: 491. Estimated: $ 150

The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Billon

Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 12.59 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, seen from behind / CABЄINA CЄBACTH, Sabina, as Demeter, standing facing, head left, holding ears of grain over lighted altar to left and long scepter; L IE (date) to left. Köln 1031; Dattari (Savio) 1259; K&G 32.506; RPC III 5771; Emmett 887.16 (R5). Toned, some granularity, peripheral roughness. VF. Very rare.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 16 June 2003. Purportedly ex Henry Clay Lindgren Collection.


Closing Date and Time: 17 April 2024 at 12:43:20 ET.

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