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121-122 AD Hadrian Alexandria Drachm (Dattari Collection) -- 11 Specimens in RPC

$ 97.68

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    Description

    121-122 AD (regnal year 6) Hadrian drachm from Alexandria, Egypt
    Obverse: Laureate bust of Hadrian right, drapery on left shoulder
    Reverse: Temple with with two columns enclosing Sarapis standing facing, head left, holding scepter, with altar to left
    Diameter ~34mm
    Weight 23.06g (heavy for the issue)
    Acquired from Naville Numismatics, according to which this example is from Giovanni Dattari's famed collection and appears as plate coin 155 in Dattari-Savio Supplement 13 (I have not confirmed).
    Just 11 specimens listed in RPC (RPC III, 5362), of which this is entry 10 (though also, per Naville, represents entry 11, which is not imaged in RPC).