CNG 109, Lot: 447. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (25.3mm, 13.45 g, 12h). Dated RY 11 (AD 126/127). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Canopus of Osiris right; L ENΔ EKATOV (date) around. Köln 939; Dattari (Savio) 1327; K&G 32.404; RPC III 5640; Emmett 827.11 (R3). Good VF, attractive find patina. Rare, RPC cites only fourteen specimens.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins (November 1998).