EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 12.92 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 125/126). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Athena standing facing, head right, holding spear and shield set on ground; L ΔE KATOV (date) around. Köln 899 var. (arrangement of date); Dattari (Savio) 1309 var. (same); K&G 32.343; RPC III 5570; Emmett 824.10 (R4). Dark brown patina with traces of red, some minor roughness. VF. Very rare type for this regnal year.
From the Stein A. Evensen Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 2008.