| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 135 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 4194 Price realized: 130 AUD (Approx. 86 USD / 79 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Eypt, Alexandria, Hadrian with Sabina (A.D. 117-138), billon tetradrachm, year 16 = A.D. 131-2, (12.07 g), obv. Hadrian laureate draped and cuirassed bust to right, around traces of AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB, rev. draped bust right of Sabina, wearing stephane, her hair pulled into a queue down her neck, [C]ABEI[N]A CEBACTH LIS around, (cf.S.1273, Koln 1041, RPC 5788); Lydia, Hypaepa, Sabina, wife of Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), AE 19, (4.63 g), obv. Sabina draped bust to right, around CABEINA CEBACTH, rev. Apollo Tyrimnaeus standing left, holding a double axe and branch, around UHAI PHNWN, (cf.S.1299, BMC -, SNG Hunterian 1680). Surface pitting, otherwise very fine and rare. (2) Ex Dr Hugh Preston Collection. First coin previously Michel 11-1998, lot 598. Second coin previously Ian Starky, ex Brian Jamieson, ex Noble Numismatics Sale 86, lot 3363 (part). Estimate: 150 AUD |  |
