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Æ14 - Hadrian ΑΡϹ, L ΙΑ

Issuer	Alexandria (Egypt)
Year	117-138
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Composition	Bronze
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Obverse description	Laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic Roman provincial style of the Alexandrian mint, with the laurel wreath clearly discernible despite the heavily worn surfaces. No legible legend is present on this small-module issue, the obverse field being largely occupied by the imperial effigy.
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Reverse description	A Nile crocodile advancing to the right, surmounted by a solar disk, rendered in a schematic style typical of small Alexandrian nome coinage. The reptile's body and scaly texture are indicated in low relief. The nomarch abbreviation ΑΡϹ (Arsinoite nome) appears alongside the regnal year formula L ΙΑ (Year 11), identifying this issue as struck for circulation within the Arsinoite nome during Hadrian's eleventh regnal year.
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Reverse lettering	ΑΡϹ, L ΙΑ (Translation: Arsinoite (nome), of year 11)
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