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LOT 3488
Hadrian BI Tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3).
ΑΥΤ ΚΑIC ΤΡΑΙAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Nilus reclining to left, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; below, crocodile to right; L IZ (date) above. RPC III, 5822; Dattari (Savio) 1435; Emmett 876.17; K&G 35.534. Near Very Fine.(9.80gr, 24mm, 1h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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