EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dichalkon (14mm, 2.04 g, 12h). Alexandreon Chora nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / ΑΛΕΞ, hippopotamus standing right; L IA (date) above. Köln 3377; Dattari (Savio) 10859; K&G N1.3; RPC III 6456; W&G II.2; Emmett 1314.11 (R3); Kellner p. 106, pl. 5, Abb. 21 (this coin). Green patina, a few pits. VF. Rare.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex A.K. Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 983 (part of); Münzen und Medaillen AG inventory, Basel, 1970.
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