Lot 1838

Sale 69 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Egypt, Alexandria, Hadrian (A.D. 117-138), billon tetradrachm, year 10 = A.D. 125-6, (13.190 grams), obv. Hadrian laureate bust to left, around AVT KAIC TPA A**D*PIANOC CEB, rev. Nilus reclining to left, holding reed and cornucopia, crocodile below, LK to left, (S.-, Koln -, BMC 649, Milne 1502). Very fine and rare.