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LOT 3516
Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. Good Very Fine.(26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AE Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / Nilus seated to left on rock, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; below, crocodile to right; L Iς (date) in two lines to left. RPC III 5791; Dattari (Savio) 1794; K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. 26.75gr, 37mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
