EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.08 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 137/138).

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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.08 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 137/138). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Π Ρ ONOIA, Pronoia standing facing, head left, holding phoenix and transverse scepter; KB/L (date) in lower left field. Köln 1243 var. (arrangement of rev. legend); Dattari (Savio) 7459b; K&G 32.770; RPC III 6252; Emmett 881.22. Toned with traces of red on obverse. Good VF. One year type (tetradrachm) for Hadrian.

From the Stein A. Evensen Collection. Ex Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 275, 7 March 2012), lot 52.

Pronoia (“foresight”) was an Oceanid nymph and wife of the Titan Prometheus, who was sentenced to eternal torture for stealing fire from the Olympian gods for use by humans.

Closing Date and Time: 23 September 2020 at 11:48:20 ET.

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