Hess-Divo
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ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS. EGYPT.
ALEXANDRIA. Æ-Drachm, dated 132-133. AE 26.19 g. AYT KAIC TPAIAN. - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., seen from rear. Rev. Bearded, radiate and nude bust r. of Sarapis, drapery on l. shoulder, wearing kalathos and Ammon horn; in front, cornucopiae, in the back, trident entwined by dolphin; in field r., date L IZ (regnal year 17). RPC III, 5840.4 (this specimen).
Very rare type. Excellent style. Blackishgreen patina. Extremely fine
Provenance:
Fr. Imhoof-Blumer collection (illustrated in Monnaies grecques [1883], pl. J, 15 and Nomisma VI [1911], pl. 2, 9).
Dr. A. Voirol, Basel collection.
Auction Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936), 504.
Auction Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 38 (1968), 435.
ALEXANDRIA. Æ-Drachm, dated 132-133. AE 26.19 g. AYT KAIC TPAIAN. - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CЄB Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r., seen from rear. Rev. Bearded, radiate and nude bust r. of Sarapis, drapery on l. shoulder, wearing kalathos and Ammon horn; in front, cornucopiae, in the back, trident entwined by dolphin; in field r., date L IZ (regnal year 17). RPC III, 5840.4 (this specimen).
Very rare type. Excellent style. Blackishgreen patina. Extremely fine
Provenance:
Fr. Imhoof-Blumer collection (illustrated in Monnaies grecques [1883], pl. J, 15 and Nomisma VI [1911], pl. 2, 9).
Dr. A. Voirol, Basel collection.
Auction Münzhandlung Basel 6 (1936), 504.
Auction Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 38 (1968), 435.