Exceptional Artistic Merit and Quality

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 525. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 13 (AD 128/9). AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left on crocodile, holding cornucopia in extended right hand, and cradling reed in left arm; IV; L TPICKAI (date) in exergue. Köln 1001; Dattari 1808; Milne 1276 = Emmett 1014.13. EF, brown patina with earthen highlights. Struck with dies of fine style.