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AR24 - Hadrian ΕΤ ΕΝΑΤ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 124-125 |
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| Weight | 13.20 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, seen from the rear, with the paludamentum fastened at the shoulder. The effigy displays finely rendered curled hair beneath the laurel wreath, characteristic of Hadrianic portraiture. The surrounding Greek legend reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ, distributed on either side of the bust in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Year nine of Hadrian's reign coincided with his first grand tour of the eastern provinces — a journey that took him through Greece and Asia Minor before reaching Egypt in 130 AD. Alexandria's mint responded to imperial visits with unusual attentiveness, and the regnal year coinage (dated by Egyptian reckoning, ΕΤ ΕΝΑΤ marking year nine) reflects the mint's habit of cycling through an exceptionally wide range of reverse types within a single year, making complete type sets nearly impossible to assemble. The billon tetradrachm fabric of Alexandrian coinage was already debased well before Hadrian's accession.