Egypt. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.85 mm, 12.68 g). Dated RY 19 (= 134/5). ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ Laureate head left with drapery on shoulder. Rev. L ЄN-NЄAK Δ (date) Draped bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos and laurel wreath around. Geissen 1150 var. (legend break). Dattari-Savio 1465 var. (obv. legend). RPC III, 5943. Emmett 889. Cf. Savio, Tetradrammi alessandrini, pp 77-81. Lovely patina with silvered highlights. Extremely Fine.

Ex Münzen u. Medaillen, Internationale Münzenbörse, Zürich, October 1972.

Practically uncirculated tetradrachm with the singularity, on the obverse, of Hadrian's laureate head turned to the left. Curious then on the reverse is the bust of Serapis with a strange, not very ritualistic hairstyle.