456, Lot: 301. Estimate $75. Sold for $70. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 12.17 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 121/122). Laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before / Hadrian, holding eagle-tipped scepter and branch, driving slow quadriga right; L ς (date) above. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 1266; K&G 32.197; RPC III 5323; Emmett 844.6 (R4). Toned with areas of find patina, some light earthen deposits. Fine. Extremely rare type for this regnal year.