Æ18 - Hadrian ΛΗΤΟΠ, L ΙΑ

Alexandria's municipal bronze issues under Hadrian are dated by regnal year using the Egyptian calendar, making them among the more precisely datable provincial coins of the period. The "L ΙΑ" date formula places this piece in Hadrian's eleventh regnal year — 126/127 AD — during a reign that saw the emperor visit Egypt personally in 130 AD, an event that prompted a substantial uptick in local coin production in the years surrounding his arrival.