Rare Type for Year 4

346, Lot: 308. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.26 g, 12h). Dated RY 4 (AD 119/120). Laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent moon before / Draped bust right of Sarapis; L ∆ (date) across field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 7462 var. (without crescent); K&G 32.124; Emmett 889.4 (R4). Near VF, toned, with some light verdigris. Rare type for this regnal year.

From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s.