Details
LOT 3518
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16(?) (AD 131/2).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Tyche standing facing, head to left, wearing kalathos and holding rudder and cornucopia; [L I?]-ϛ (date) across field. Cf. RPC III 5816; cf. Dattari (Savio) 1852. Near Very Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.(6.35gr, 24mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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