CNG 88, Lot: 1081. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 19.15 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 117/8). Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / Hadrian, holding eagle-tipped scepter and branch driving slow quadriga right; LB (date) above. Köln 757; Dattari (Savio) 1585 var. (obv. legend); K&G 32.50. VF, green patina. Rare. Year 2 but the first year to strike at the mint. Interesting early portrait.

From Group CEM.