Details
LOT 3489
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 19 (AD 134/5).
AYT KAIC TΡAIAN ΑΔΡIANOC CЄΒ, laureate head to left, with slight drapery(?) on his right shoulder / L ЄΝΝЄΑ Κ Δ (date), draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing kalathos. RPC III 5943; Dattari (Savio) 1465; K&G 32.621; Emmett 889.19. Near Very Fine.(5.65gr, 23mm, 11h.).
Provenance
London, UK, art market, 1980s.
Private collection, London, UK.
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