Very Rare Herakleopolitan Issue

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 524. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (18mm, 4.79 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AYT KAI TPAI ADRIA CEB, laureate head right / HPA K LIA, Hercules standing left, lion skin draped over left arm, holding winged griffin in outstretched right hand and cradling club in left arm; date in legend. Köln 3397; BMC -; Demetrio 3530 = Emmett 1237; Dattari 6259; Milne -; SNG Copenhagen 1101. Good VF, brown and green patina. Very rare.

From the James E. Cain Collection.