Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 817. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Æ Drachm (23.80 gm). Dated regnal year 15 (130/1 AD). AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Hadrian standing left, togate, holding sceptre, greeted by Alexandria, clad in elephant's skin headdress, chiton, and peplos, holding two grain ears in her left hand, and kissing Hadrian's extended right hand; L-IE (date) below. Köln 1034; Dattari 1610; Milne 1315; BMC Alexandria pg. 101, 869; Emmett 964. EF, dark green patina. Attractive. ($1500)

Ex Triton IV (5 December 2000), lot 369.