Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 526. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 27.31 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3). AVT KAIC • TPAIAN A
DPIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena, wearing aegis, standing right, holding grain ears in outstretched right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground; L I Z (date) across field. Köln 1068; Dattari 1627; Milne 1358-9 var. (no pellet in obv. legend); BMC 693 = Emmett 924.17. Near EF, attractive green patina with traces of red. Struck with dies of fine style.