Egypt. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25.16 mm, 13.60 g). Dated RY 18 (133/4 AD). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Serapis seated left, holding sceptre; cerberus seated left at feet. Dattari 1479 (this coin). RPC III, 5871.4. Milne 1399. Emmett 892. Geissen 1094 (same obverse die). BMC 622. Cf. Savio, Tetradrammi alessandrini, pp. 77-81. Portrait of fine style, attractive toning. Nearly Extremely Fine.

Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, 1479. Ex Nascia, Milano, 1980. Ex Collezione Athos Moretti, Bellinzona, May 1987.

Coin with a prestigious pedigree of stunning style and preservation showing on obverse a majestic and a protruding sculptural portrait of the ruler. Zeus-Sarapis, greek-egyptian on reverse recalls the Hadrian restoration of Serapeum in Alexandria.