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Æ34 - Hadrian L Ϛ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 121-122 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the provincial Egyptian style typical of Alexandrian coinage. The effigy displays the characteristic portrait features of Hadrian, including a short beard and laurel wreath. The surrounding legend, partially legible due to wear, reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus. The flan is broad and irregular, consistent with hammered Alexandrian bronze production of the early second century AD. |
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| Reverse description | A classical temple facade with two columns frames a frontal standing figure of Sarapis, the syncretic Graeco-Egyptian deity, whose head is turned to the left and who holds a long sceptre in his left hand. An altar is positioned to the left of the temple composition. The reverse field is typical of Alexandrian civic and religious iconography, celebrating the principal cult of Alexandria. The regnal date legend L Ϛ (Year 6) appears in the field, corresponding to the sixth year of Hadrian's reign in the Egyptian calendar (121–122 AD). |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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