143, Lot: 151. Estimate $150. Sold for $206. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32mm, 25.91 g). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopiae and reed; hippopotamus standing to right below; [L] IS (date) above. Köln 1052; Milne 1338; Emmett 1015. VF, green patina.
From the collection of Alexandre de Barros.