EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Obol (19mm, 5.20 g, 11h). Herakleopolite nome. Dated RY 11 (AD 126/7). AVT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / HPA K, Herishef-Herakles standing left, holding griffin in outstretched right hand, holding club in left, lion’s skin draped over left arm; L IA (date) to right. Köln 3397; Dattari (Savio) 6259; K&G N16.17; RPC III 6374.16 (this coin); W&G III.2a; Emmett 1237.11. Green-brown patina. VF.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, 29 May 2021. Ex Thomas O. Mabbott Collection (H. Schulman, 6 June 1969), lot 3724.
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