Hadrian Obol from the Pelusium Nome
360, Lot: 334. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 4.66 g, 11h). Pelusium Nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust of Hadrian right, slight drapery / ΠΗΛ[Ο]V, head of Harpokrates right, wearing hem-hem crown and taenia; [L I]A (date) before. Köln 3418; Dattari (Savio) 6346-7; K&G N40.2; Emmett 1231.11. VF, dark green patina, some smoothing and cleaning marks.