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LOT 3024

Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. AD 117-138.

Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Isis enthroned to right, crowned with horns and solar disc, suckling the infant Harpokrates, crowned with skhent, holding lotus flower; on back of throne, hawk at each corner; L Iϛ (date) across field. RPC III 5813; Köln 1046 var. (date placement); (Savio) 1749 var. (same); K&G 32.530; Emmett 1138.16. Very Fine.(7.31gr, 24mm, 12h.).

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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 3024

Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £169

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