113, Lot: 122. Estimate $100. Sold for $80. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. Æ Drachm (36mm, 22.00 gm). Dated RY 12 (127/8 AD). Laureate and draped bust right / IS (16) above (referring to the height of the optimal flood level of the Nile), Nilus reclining left, holding reed; crocodile below; l DWDEK (date) in exergue. Köln 991; Dattari 1806; Emmett 1014; Milne 1264. Near VF, green and brown patina.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Hans M. F. Schulman (10 October 1972), lot 674.