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LOT 3138
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.
Dated RY 14 (AD 129/30). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; L IΔ (date) to left. RPC III 5756; Dattari (Savio) 1851; Emmett 1144. Near Very Fine.(9.28gr, 26mm, 10h.).
Provenance
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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