Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1079. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. Year 17 (132/133 AD). Æ Drachm. (27.65 gm). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Bust of Serapis right on back of facing eagle standing on a palm, head left, wings open. Köln 1083; Emmett 1026; Dattari 1822 var.; Milne 1370. Good VF, dark brown patina, smoothing in fields, devices slightly strengthened. ($500)