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Æ25 - Hadrian L ΙΔ
| Issuer | Alexandria Mint (Egypt) |
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| Year | 129-130 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, depicted from behind, showing the elaborate folds of the paludamentum and the articulated pteryges of the cuirass. The emperor's head bears a finely rendered laurel wreath over curling hair, with a short beard characteristic of Hadrian's portraiture. The Greek imperial legend is disposed in two arcs around the periphery of the flan. The modelling of the bust is confident and vigorous, consistent with the Alexandrian mint's distinctive provincial style. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Harpocrates, the Hellenized Egyptian god of silence, depicted standing facing with head turned to the right, raising the index finger of his right hand to his lips in his characteristic gesture of silence. In his left arm he cradles a large cornucopia, which rests upon a column to his left. An altar stands to the right of the composition. The figure is rendered in the syncretic Greco-Egyptian style typical of Alexandrian civic coinage, combining classical contrapposto with indigenous iconographic attributes. The regnal date legend L ΙΔ (Year 14) appears in the field. |
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