447, Lot: 222. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 11.90 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 121/122). Laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent moon before / Draped bust of Alexandria right, wearing elephant-skin headdress. Köln 822; Dattari (Savio) 1276; K&G 32.176; RPC III 5303; Emmett 805.6 (R4). Toned with areas of red find patina, a few minor deposits. Near VF. Extremely rare type.

From the New Orleans Collection.