AEGYPTOS

389, Lot: 657. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / AE GYPTOS, Egypt reclining left on serpent-entwined basket and holding sistrum; at feet to left, column surmounted by ibis standing right. RIC II 296 var. (bust type); Calicó 1189a (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 794; Biaggi 576 var. (bust type – same rev. die). VF, lightly toned, a few minor marks.