Lot description:
EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Hemidrachm (Bronze, 29 mm, 13.87 g, 12 h), RY 20 = 135/6. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right, seen from behind. Rev. L - K Euthenia reclining left, holding grain ears in her right hand and leaning with her left arm on sphinx. Dattari (Savio) 7648. Emmett 1086.20. K&G -. RPC III 6122. Extremely rare for this regnal year. Slightly smoothed, otherwise, very fine.
From the collection of Mark Gibbons, Newcastle, and from the collection of Jean-Pierre Righetti, Nomos 24, 22 May 2022, 301, ex Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 364, 2 December 2015, 549 and reportedly from a Hungarian collection formed primarily in the 1930s.
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