364, Lot: 549. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Hemidrachm (29mm, 13.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 20 (AD 135/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Euthenia reclining left on Andro-Sphinx, holding grain ears; L K (date) in left field. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 7648; K&G –; Emmett 1086.20 (R5). VF, green and brown patina. Rare type and denomination for this regnal year.
From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930s.