CNG 91, Lot: 727. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (33mm, 27.44 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serapis seated left, holding scepter and placing hand over head of Cerberus standing before him at his feet; L ENΔEK ATOY (date) around. Köln 976; Dattari (Savio) 1832; K&G 32.416. Near VF, dark green patina, traces of deposits, light scrape in right field on obverse. Rare.
From the Greenpoint Collection. Ex Elsen 64 (2 December 2000), lot 852.