Details
LOT 3027
Hadrian AE Chalkous of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 9 (AD 124/5). Laureate head to right; I before / Cornucopia; [L Є]-N (date) across fields. RPC III 5549; Emmett 1177.9. Very Fine.(0.62gr, 10mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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