EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (36mm, 24.34 g, 11h). Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Athena standing left, holding two grain ears in right hand, left hand on grounded shield; L I Z (date) across field. Köln 1068; Dattari (Savio) 1627-8; K&G 32.537; RPC III 5825; Emmett 924.17. Dark brown patina, light roughness, small edge splits. VF. From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack's, Bowers, and Ponterio 174, 12 January 2013), lot 5536; Gemini V (6 January 2009), lot 5354 (part of); Henry Platt Hall Collection (Part I, 19 July 1950), lot 347 (part of), purchased from Puttick, 16 December 1897, with his ticket.
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