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Æ31 - Hadrian L ΚΑ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 136-137 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Bare laureate head of the Emperor Hadrian facing left, rendered in the portrait style characteristic of Alexandrian provincial coinage. The effigy displays the emperor's distinctive features with a short beard, the laureate wreath binding the hair. A Greek imperial legend encircles the portrait in the field, reading from upper left to right. The flan is irregular and shows evidence of heavy wear and surface patination consistent with extended circulation. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Sarapis facing right, the deity distinguished by his characteristic kalathos (modius) headdress and a laurel wreath, mounted upon a decorative basis or plinth. The syncretic Graeco-Egyptian deity is depicted in the Hellenistic tradition, with drapery rendered in broad folds across the shoulder. The regnal date appears in the field in the form of the Alexandrian year notation, identifying this issue to the twenty-first regnal year of Hadrian's reign in Egypt. |
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Year 21 of Hadrian's reign coincided with his second documented visit to Egypt, a tour that left a pronounced mark on Alexandrian coinage. The mint issued an unusually diverse range of reverse types during regnal years 20 through 22, likely reflecting deliberate imperial patronage of the Alexandria workshop during and after his visit. Hadrian arrived in Egypt in 130 AD, and the grief following Antinous's drowning in the Nile that year shadowed the remainder of his Egyptian itinerary.