EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (33mm, 25.65 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). VF.

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (33mm, 25.65 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). AVT KAIC TPAIAN AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Two canopi, each wearing headdress, on altar enclosing Apis bull standing right; to left, Isis standing right, wearing crown of solar disk and horns, holding scepter in right hand; to right, Harpocrates standing left, raising right hand to mouth and holding club in left; L IH (date) in exergue. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G –; RPC III 5882.4 (this coin); Emmett 937.18 (R5). Red-brown surfaces, bare metal showing, slight roughness. VF. Extremely rare.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 196 (7 March 2011), lot 2300.


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