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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian, with Divus Trajan. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.46 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 117/118). Laureate bust right of Hadrian, slight drapery; star before / Laureate bust right of Trajan, wearing aegis; L B (date) before. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 1247 (this coin); K&G –; RPC III 5067.4 (this coin); Emmett 899.2 (R4). VF, toned, some minor porosity. Very rare.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Peus 409 (25 April 2013), lot 899; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall MBS (18 October 1990), lot 2377; Dattari Collection, 1247.
A very rare type, completely overlooked by the authors of K&G. RPC III lists only four specimens, including this coin. The other three examples are in the ANS and Athens collections, and Dattari 1246, now part of the John Aiello collection.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Peus 409 (25 April 2013), lot 899; Numismatic Fine Arts Fall MBS (18 October 1990), lot 2377; Dattari Collection, 1247.
A very rare type, completely overlooked by the authors of K&G. RPC III lists only four specimens, including this coin. The other three examples are in the ANS and Athens collections, and Dattari 1246, now part of the John Aiello collection.