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LOT 2842
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 20 (AD 135/6).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate head to left / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia; crocodile below; L K (date) to left. RPC III, 6090; Dattari (Savio) 7453; Emmett 879.20. Very Fine.(11.91gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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