Details
LOT 3519
Hadrian AE Obol of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄB, laureate bust to right, drapery over far shoulder / Stag standing to right; [L IA] (date) across fields. RPC III 5693; Dattari (Savio) 2023; Emmett 1169.11. Near Very Fine. Hints of blue patina.(5.36gr, 19mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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