EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (35mm, 24.86 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 127/8). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Nilus reclining left on hippopotamus, holding reed and cornucopia; Iς above, L ΔωΔЄK (date) in exergue. Köln 992-3; Dattari (Savio) 1805; K&G 32.462; RPC III 5717; Emmett 1015.12. Red-brown and green patina, porosity, flan crack. Near VF.
From the Dr. Michael Slavin Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 47 (16 September 1998), lot 1014.