Year 21 of Hadrian's reign in Egypt — rendered as L ΚΑ in the Alexandrian regnal dating system — falls squarely within the period following his extended tour of the eastern provinces, which included his famous visit to Egypt in 130 AD. That trip ended in personal tragedy with the drowning of Antinous in the Nile, an event that prompted a city-founding and an empire-wide cult. The Alexandrian mint was unusually productive in these years, issuing a wide typological range tied closely to imperial ideology.
The Æ35 module places this among the larger denominations of the Alexandrian bronze series, though output quality varies considerably across the reign's later years.
Year 21 of Hadrian's reign in Egypt — rendered as L ΚΑ in the Alexandrian regnal dating system — falls squarely within the period following his extended tour of the eastern provinces, which included his famous visit to Egypt in 130 AD. That trip ended in personal tragedy with the drowning of Antinous in the Nile, an event that prompted a city-founding and an empire-wide cult. The Alexandrian mint was unusually productive in these years, issuing a wide typological range tied closely to imperial ideology.
The Æ35 module places this among the larger denominations of the Alexandrian bronze series, though output quality varies considerably across the reign's later years.