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Auction 339  22 Oct 2020
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Lot 58

Starting price: 750 CHF
Price realized: 8000 CHF
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ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS. EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA. Hadrianus, AD 117-138. Æ-Drachm, dated 131-132. AE 29.11 g. AYT KAI - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., seen from rear. Rev. Emperor, laureate, togate, standing r., driving slow quadriga r., holding eagle-tipped sceptre in his l. hand, laurel branch in his raised r. hand; in exergue, date LIς (regnal year 16). Dattari 1592; Geissen 1047; RPC III, 5790.
Scarce. Excellent style. Dark olive­green patina. Extremely fine

Provenance:
Conte Alessandro Magnaguti collection.
W. Niggeler collection.
Auction Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936), 486.
Auction P.&P. Santamaria, Rome - Ex Nummis Historia III (1950 ), 943.
Auction Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel - Bank Leu & Co. AG, Zürich - The Niggeler Collection part II, 21-22 October 1966, 707.
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