Egypt, Alexandria. Hadrian. A.D. 117-138. BI tetradrachm (23.57 mm, 12.09 g, 11 h). Dated year 11= 126/7 A.D.. AVT KAI TPAIA AΔPIA CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / L IE, Hadrian standing left, wearing a toga and holding a scepter, greeted by Alexandria, wearing an elephant-skin headdress, chiton and peplos; holding two grain-ears in her left hand; L-IE below. Dattari 1610; Milne 1315; Emmett 964. VF. Rare.
Ex Harlan J Berk.
Struck to commemorate Hadrian's tour of Egypt in A.D. 130.