310, Lot: 345. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diobol (25mm, 8.07 g, 11h). Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian, raising hand and holding scepter, seated left on galley sailing left under direction of helmsman; vexillum on front deck, [L I E] (date) across upper field. Köln 1032; Dattari (Savio) 1583, 7529; K&G 32.513; Emmett 1127. Fine, reddish-brown and green patina, rough surfaces, some flaking around edges.