346, Lot: 303. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.06 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 117/118). Laureate bust right, slight drapery; star before / Draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant headdress; L B (date) to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 1273; K&G 32.10; Emmett 805.2 (R4). Near VF, toned, reverse double struck. Rare.
From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s.