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Æ19 - Hadrian L ΔΕ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 125-126 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A hawk standing facing left, rendered in profile with folded wings, consistent with the sacred Horus falcon motif prominent in Alexandrian provincial coinage. The date legend L ΔΕ appears to the right of the bird in the field, within a dotted border. The reverse type reflects the syncretic Greco-Egyptian religious iconography characteristic of coins struck under Roman rule in Alexandria. |
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Year 10 of Hadrian's reign corresponds to his celebrated tour of Egypt in 130 AD — but this piece predates that visit by several years, struck during a period when Alexandrian civic bronze was being produced in remarkable volume to service the monetized Egyptian economy. The Alexandrian mint ran a distinct regnal year dating system, with "L ΔΕ" marking regnal year 10, a convention inherited from Ptolemaic practice and maintained stubbornly through the Roman imperial period.
Alexandria remained the only mint in Egypt authorized to strike bronze for local circulation.