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Æ14 - Hadrian ΑΦΡΟΔΙ, L ΙΑ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of Isis depicted facing, with head turned to the left, wearing her distinctive double-feathered crown flanked by two cow horns or spurs atop a solar disc, consistent with her syncretistic Alexandrian iconography. In her left hand she holds a situla (ritual water bucket), and in her raised right hand she brandishes either a sistrum or an uraeus serpent, emblems of her divine power. The legend ΑΦΡΟΔΙ identifies this issue as belonging to the Aphroditopolite nome, while the date mark L ΙΑ denotes regnal year 11 of Hadrian (AD 126/127). The reverse type reflects the prominent role of Isis in the religious life of Roman Egypt and the nome coinage system established under the Principate. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Alexandria's civic bronze output under Hadrian is indexed by regnal year — L ΙΑ places this piece in year 11 of his reign, 126/127 AD. Hadrian visited Egypt in person during year 14, but the city's mints were already producing a notably diverse range of small bronzes well before his arrival, likely reflecting administrative reorganization following Trajan's death and the suppression of the Jewish revolt under Quietus.