EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32mm, 22.94 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). VF.

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The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32mm, 22.94 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 and aegis, striding right, crocodile emerging from his chest, trampling his own cobra tail; on his back, Petbe, as a griffin, seated right, left paw on wheel; L IH (date) above. Köln 1131; Dattari (Savio) 2003; K&G 32.600; RPC III 5910; Emmett 1057.18. Red-brown surfaces with some green, slight roughness. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Brian Kritt, January 2008. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1162; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part 2, Leu & Münzen und Medaillen AG, 21 October 1966), lot 752; Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 12 October 1950), lot 979.


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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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