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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Diameter | 14 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the provincial Alexandrian style, set within a dotted border. The effigy displays the characteristic beard and laurel wreath associated with Hadrian's coinage from the Egyptian mint. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A ram standing right, depicted in the round in bold provincial relief with a fleece rendered in a stippled or pellet pattern. The animal, emblem of the Hypselite nome of Egypt, is set within a dotted border. The nome legend ΥΨΗΛΙ and the regnal year date L ΙΑ (Year 11) appear in the field, identifying the issuing district and providing an absolute date of 126/127 AD. |
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