EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (18mm, 5.61 g, 11h). Mendesios nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). VF.

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The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (18mm, 5.61 g, 11h). Mendesios nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ME NΔ, Ba-neb-djedet/Mendes standing left, wearing atef crown and solar disk with two uraei and ram’s horns, holding ram standing left, and gathering chlamys; L IA (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 6306; K&G N30.5; RPC III 6499; W&G III.1b; Emmett 1273.11. Brown surfaces with green deposits, slight roughness. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Berk BBS 217 (30 November 2021), lot 478.


Closing Date and Time: 21 May 2025 at 13:14:40 ET.

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