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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1285. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005. 
Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Æ Drachm (26.70 gm, 12h). Dated RY 16 (131/2 AD). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus seated left on rocks, holding cornucopiae and papyrus, hippopotamus below arm; date to left. Köln 1055; Dattari -; Milne 1337; Emmett 1017. Good VF, brown patina, small pit on the jaw of Nilus. Exceptional condition for issue. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.