EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 25.37 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Near VF.

CNG Feature Auction 133
Lot: 477. Estimated: $ 1 000

Roman Provincial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 25.37 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/4). Bare head left / 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) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2002; K&G 32.599; RPC III 5911; Emmett 1057.18. Red-brown patina, some roughness, smoothing. Near VF. Rare.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Frank Kovacs, 12 August 1999.

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.

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CNG Feature Auction 133 – Session Two – Lot 309-594 will be held Tuesday morning, 15 September 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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