EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Diobol (25mm, 10.91 g, 12h). Dated RY 17 (AD 132/3). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from the front / Canopus of Osiris right; L IZ (date) across field. Köln 1074; Dattari (Savio) 1650 & 7580-83; K&G 32.566; RPC III 5858; Emmett 1118.17. Red-brown patina, minor marks and porosity, smoothed. VF. A popular Egyptian theme, a well detailed canopus jar.
From the Dr. Thomas E. Beniak Collection. Ex Peus 360 (27 April 1999), lot 691.
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