EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 23.34 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). VF.

Triton XXIX
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 23.34 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). AVT KAIC TPAIAN • AΔPIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Tutu, as a sphinx, wearing tni crown of solar disk, ram’s horns, and ostrich feathers, striding right, crocodile emerging from his chest, trampling his own cobra tail; L IH (date) above. Köln 1130; Dattari (Savio) 2005; K&G 32.596; RPC III 5909; Emmett 1055.18 (R4). Dark brown surfaces, flan flaws, minor pitting, holed twice in antiquity, smoothed. VF. Very rare with an intriguing depiction of a sphinx.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Marian A. Sinton Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 53, 15 March 2000), lot 1211.

The god Tutu was a late arrival to the Egyptian pantheon of deities, not gaining popularity until the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. He was originally the protector of tombs and guarded the sleeping from danger or bad dreams. He was responsible for human fate and fortune and was the slayer of demons, the crocodile and cobra tail represent such demons.

The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.

Triton XXIX – Session Two – Lot 302-613 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 13 January 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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