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AR24 - Hadrian L Γ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 118-119 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, with drapery visible on the left shoulder. A star symbol appears in the right field, serving as a mint or regnal mark. The surrounding legend in Greek characters reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Autocrator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Sebastos. The portrait displays the characteristic short beard and softly modeled features associated with Hadrianic coinage from the Alexandrian mint. |
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| Reverse description | An eagle stands in three-quarter profile facing right, perched upon a thunderbolt, its wings partially spread and head turned slightly. The regnal date legend L Γ (Year 3, corresponding to 118–119 AD) appears in the field, following the standard Alexandrian dating convention using the Egyptian regnal year. The composition is characteristic of Alexandrian tetradrachm reverse types under the Julio-Claudian and Antonine emperors, linking imperial authority with the Jovian symbol of the thunderbolt. |
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| Reverse lettering | L Γ |
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