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LOT 3517
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Hadrian AE Diobol of Alexnadria, Egypt. Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1).
ΑVΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Hadrian, raising his right hand in salute and holding long sceptre, seated to left on galley sailing to left, steersman to right; mast with sail on front deck to left, L I-E (date) across upper field. RPC III 5785; Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1582-3; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127.15. 8.52gr, 25mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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