Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Æ33 - Hadrian L Ζ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
|---|---|
| Year | 122-123 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder. The portrait is rendered in the characteristic Alexandrian provincial style, with finely detailed hair curls beneath the laurel wreath. The obverse legend runs around the periphery in Greek characters, naming the emperor in his full titulature as Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A winged sphinx seated to the right, with three heads, its forepaw resting upon a spoked wheel. The creature is depicted with outspread wings and a mane-like ruff around its necks, rendered in bold relief typical of Alexandrian bronze coinage. The regnal year date appears in the right field in Greek numerals. The wheel beneath the paw is a distinctive iconographic element associated with Fortune and fate in Alexandrian religious iconography. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |