Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 802. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Æ Drachm (23.62 gm, 12h). Dated RY 19 (134/5 AD). AVT KAIC TPAIAN ADRIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right / Harpokrates seated left on lotus, nude but for collar and crown, placing finger on lips and holding flail (or papyrus?); L ENNEAK D (date) across field. Köln -; Dattari 1725; Milne -; BMC Alexandria -; Emmett 975/19. VF, dark brown patina with spots of hard verdigris. Extremely rare. ($1500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 68; Harvey J. Hoffer Collection (Harmer Rooke, 12 December 1986), lot 1006.