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Electronic Auction 414  14 Feb 2018
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Lot 446

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 85 USD
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 22 (AD 137/138). Laureate head right / Π Ρ ONOIA, Pronoia standing facing, head left, holding phoenix and transverse scepter; KB/L (date) in lower left field. Köln 1243 var. (bust with slight drapery, arrangement of rev. legend); cf. Dattari (Savio) 7457 (with slight drapery?); K&G 32.770; RPC III 6252; Emmett 881.22. VF, toned, roughness. One year type (tetradrachm) for Hadrian.

Pronoia ("foresight") was an Oceanid nymph and wife of the Titan Prometheus, who was sentenced to eternal torture for stealing fire from the Olympian gods for use by humans.
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