CNG 88, Lot: 1084. Estimate $750. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 25.48 g, 12h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian, holding scepter and olive branch, in quadriga right; L Iς (date) in exergue. Köln 1047 var. (scepter eagle-tipped); Dattari (Savio) 1591 (same obv. die); K&G 32.522. EF, brown patina, struck with slightly rusty dies, typical minor flan split. A well centered and well struck example with a choice portrait.

From Group CEM.