134 Hadrian Roman Egypt Alexandria Tetradrachm Nilus Bust NGC Ch VF (19040903C)

Description

Dated Roman Egypt b
illon silver tetradrachm, silvered.
Minted in Hadrian's 19th (date spelled out) Alexandrian year which corresponds to 134/5 CE.
Certified by NGC to Ch VF, well struck with silvered surfaces.
Left facing laureate head of Hadrian
.
Bust of Nilus right.
Emmett 875/19.
Nilus was one of the Potamoi, children of Oceanus and Tethys. He represented the Egyptian god of the Nile river.