EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 5.08 g, 12h). Phthemphuti nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). VF.

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The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage, Bronze

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 5.08 g, 12h). Phthemphuti nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΦΘЄMΦ, Isis standing right, head left, wearing basileion, right hand lowered, holding young Harpocrates/Herakles sitting on lotus flower, hand to mouth, club over shoulder in left; L IA (date) to right. Köln 3420; Dattari (Savio) 6350; K&G N42.2; RPC III 6420.17 = W&G II.1, pl. XV. 149 (this coin); Emmett 1250.11. Dark green patina, slight roughness. VF.

From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Karel de Geus 10 (16 October 2000), lot 2408; Kerry K. Wetterstrom Collection (Classical Numismatic Auctions XIII, 4 December 1990), lot 273.


Closing Date and Time: 21 May 2025 at 13:15:40 ET.

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