EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 25.82 g, 1h). Dated RY 16 (AD 131/2). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Nilus seated left on crocodile, holding reed and cornucopia; pile of rocks below; L I ς (date) in left field. Köln 1056 var. (date arrangement); Dattari (Savio) 1794 = RPC III 5791.68 (this coin); K&G 32.519; Emmett 1016.16. Brown patina, edge chips with flan crack, spot of verdigris. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection, purchased from Numismatica Ars Classica, 19 January 2020. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 114, 6 May 2019), lot 684 (hammer CHF 3000).
Description