EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diobol (23.5mm, 9.82 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/131).

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Lot: 269. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diobol (23.5mm, 9.82 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/131). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding a scepter with his left, seated left on galley sailing left under direction of helmsman; vexillum on front deck, L I E (date) across upper field. Köln 1032 var. (placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 7527; K&G 32.513; RPC III 5785; Emmett 1127.15. Reddish-brown patina with touches of dark green. Near VF.

From the BLS Collection, purchased from CNG Inventory 997496 (February 2015). Ex Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung 69 (13 December 2005), lot 167.


Closing Date and Time: 9 September 2020 at 11:29:20 ET.

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