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Æ24 - Hadrian L ΙΖ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 132-133 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in the three-quarter frontal style characteristic of Alexandrian provincial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive beard and laurel wreath, with paludamentum visible at the shoulder. The surrounding Greek legend is divided across the field, reading ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus. The coin exhibits a heavy green patina consistent with extended burial in an Egyptian environment. |
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| Reverse description | Elpis, the personification of Hope, depicted as a draped female figure advancing to the left. She raises her right hand to lift the hem of her garment and holds an open flower, likely a lotus or poppy, in her left hand, following the standard iconographic convention for this deity on Alexandrian coinage. The regnal date legend L ΙΖ appears in the field, denoting Year 17 of Hadrian's reign in the Alexandrian calendar (132–133 AD). The reverse surface is heavily encrusted with green patina, obscuring finer details of the die engraving. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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