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Æ34 - Hadrian L Δ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 119-120 |
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| Weight | 22.08 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the Alexandrian provincial style. The emperor's effigy displays characteristic curled hair beneath the laurel wreath, with a strong profile typical of early Hadrianic portraiture. The surrounding Greek legend is distributed across the upper and lower fields, partially legible on this example due to the irregular flan. The coin's surface shows an olive-green patina with areas of reddish-brown encrustation consistent with Egyptian burial conditions. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ - ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus) |
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Year 4 of Hadrian's reign corresponds to the emperor's early consolidation period, before his famous tours of the provinces. Alexandria's mint was among the most active in the eastern empire, operating on the Egyptian regnal year system rather than the Roman consular calendar — hence the "L Δ" (year 4) notation that distinguishes Alexandrian issues from all other provincial coinages. The mint answered directly to the prefect of Egypt, not to Rome, a bureaucratic arrangement that gave it unusual administrative independence.