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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 907

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 550 USD
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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (32mm, 21.98 g, 11h). Dated RY 20 (AD 135/6). [AVT KAIC] TPAIAN • AΔP[IANOC CЄB], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Ram, wearing crown composed of two uraei and disk, standing right before altar; above, draped bust right of Serapis wearing calathus; in field, [L]-K (date). Köln 1206; Dattari (Savio) 1825; K&G 32.715; Emmett 1028.20 (R2); Kellner p. 108, Abb. 17 (this coin). VF, dark green patina with touches of brown, some minor smoothing. Rare.


From the 'AK Collection'. Ex Dr. Hans Steger Collection (Münzhandlung Basel 6, 18 March 1936), lot 557.

An interesting type that is often misidentified as a 'Zodiac' type (Aries).
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