Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Auction 126 - Session 2 . 526
The Beniak Collection of Alexandrian Coinage
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.25 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 125/6). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Athena advancing left, holding spear in right hand, round shield in left; below, serpent left; L ΔEK ATOV (date) around. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 1309bis = RPC III 5573.3 = Figari & Mosconi 229 (this coin); K&G 32.342; Emmett 820.10 (date unrecorded). Gray patina with residual luster. Good VF. Extremely rare, one of three known specimens. From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 16 (16 October 2001), lot 331; Kress 154 (21 March 1972), lot 337.
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