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AR24 - Hadrian L Η
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 123-124 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder, rendered in the provincial style characteristic of Alexandrian coinage. The imperial legend runs around the periphery of the flan. A crescent symbol appears to the right of the portrait in the field, serving as a distinguishing control mark. The beaded border is partially visible along the coin's irregular edge. The portrait, though worn, conveys the characteristic broad facial features associated with Hadrianic portraiture on Egyptian provincial issues. |
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| Reverse description | The goddess Isis Pharia depicted striding to the right in a flowing garment, her right hand raised holding a sistrum and her left hand extending to display a billowing sail, emblematic of her role as patroness of Alexandrian seafarers and the city's renowned lighthouse. The date regnal formula appears in the left field. The figure is rendered with animated drapery typical of Alexandrian provincial die-cutting, and the composition is framed within a beaded border on the irregular hammered flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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