171, Lot: 44. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.70 g). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / The emperor, holding sceptre, being greeted by Alexandria, who holds a vexillum and presents him with grain ears; date across field. Köln 1026; Milne 1294; Emmett 845. VF, toned.

An extensive series of silver and bronze issues marks Hadrian’s triumphant tour of Egypt in AD 130. The trip was marred by the tragic and mysterious death of Hadrian’s young companion Antinous on their boat trip up the Nile.