427, Lot: 395. Estimate $100. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (11mm, 1.50 g, 10h). Dated RY 11 (AD 126/127). Laureate head right / Ibis standing right; [L] EN (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 7960; K&G 32.445 var. (date as L IA); RPC III 5698 var. (same); Emmett 1192.11 (R4). Near VF, dark green to black patina with some earthen highlights/deposits in the devices, light cleaning scratches. Rare.

The date is poorly engraved, which may indicate that it is from one of the mints in the area that imitated the small Alexandrian bronzes, such as Caesarea.