★ Rare, Ex Art Institute of Chicago ★

EGYPT, Alexandria: Hadrian (117-138), AE Drachm, issued 136/7. 23.93g, 34mm. Rare.
Obv: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: [LK]-A (regnal year 21), Serapis seated left on throne, holding sceptre and placing hand over head of Kerberos standing before him at his feet.
Emmett -; Dattari 1831; RPC 6193 (6 spec).
From the zumbly collection, Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (accession #1980.979). "Grover approached coins as primary sources: as political propaganda by Roman emperors, as reflections of the religions of the day, and as historical documents picturing structures destroyed in antiquity. The collection was catalogued by Theresa Gross-Diaz in the early 1980s.” (from Karen B. Alexander [2012] “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.”