CNG 91, Lot: 747. 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, 25.58 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (AD 136/7). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Elpis standing left, holding flower and raising skirt; L K A (date) across field. Köln 1220; Dattari (Savio) 1691; K&G 32.732. Near VF, attractive blue-green patina, some brown, traces of porosity on reverse. Rare.
From the Greenpoint Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXIX (30 March 1994), lot 1023.