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| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 136-137 |
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| Weight | 22.70 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of Lucius Aelius Caesar facing right, depicted with characteristic curly hair rendered in high relief. The portrait displays the youthful yet authoritative features associated with Hadrian's designated heir, with the drapery visible at the truncation of the shoulder. The encircling Greek legend identifying the subject runs around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | Λ ΑΙΛΙΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ (Translation: Lucius Aelius Caesar) |
| Reverse description | The personification of Homonoia (Concord) seated on a throne facing left, draped in a flowing chiton and himation, her right hand extended forward holding a patera and her left arm cradling a cornucopia. The figure is rendered in the Hellenistic-Egyptian provincial style characteristic of Alexandrian coinage, with the legend ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ inscribed in the exergue below the throne. |
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