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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 117-138 |
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| Diameter | 15 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder, set within a circular border. The portrait displays the characteristic short beard and curled hair of Hadrian's imperial effigy as rendered by the Alexandrian mint. The bust is rendered in the provincial style typical of Egyptian nome coinage of the early 2nd century AD. |
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| Reverse description | A ram standing to the right, surmounted by a solar disk upon its back, rendered in the syncretic Egypto-Roman religious tradition associating the animal with the Xoite nome emblem. The field carries the nome designation legend to the left and the regnal year notation to the right and below. The image is enclosed within a dotted border, characteristic of Alexandrian nome coinage struck under Hadrian. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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