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Æ34 - Hadrian L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 126-127 |
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| Composition | Bronze |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, portrayed in three-quarter view from the rear, a treatment characteristic of Alexandrian provincial coinage of this period. The emperor's effigy displays careful rendering of the paludamentum and cuirass. The surrounding legend is divided on either side of the bust within the coin's field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Tyche, the personification of Fortune, reclines to the left upon a lectisternium (a ceremonial cushioned couch), holding a rudder in her right hand as an attribute of governance and direction, while her left arm rests upon an overturned jug or ewer. The composition is characteristic of Alexandrian civic iconography, reflecting the city's reverence for Tyche as a guardian deity. The regnal year legend appears in the field. |
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