CNG 109, Lot: 455. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35.3mm, 26.96 g, 12h). Dated RY 19 (AD 134/135). Laureate bust left, slight drapery / Elpis advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt; [L] ЄN NЄAKA (date) around. Köln 1175; Dattari (Savio) 1689; K&G 32.647; RPC III 5988; Emmett 956.19. Near VF, dark brown surfaces, light roughness, edge splits.

From the New Orleans Collection, purchased from Rob Golan (July 1997).