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AR25 - Hadrian ΕΤ ΕΝΑΤ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 124-125 |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Sarapis standing facing, his head turned to the left, clad in a long chiton and himation, wearing the modius (kalathos) atop his head, and holding a tall sceptre in his right hand. To the lower left, Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, is depicted seated at the god's feet, serving as his attribute. The date legend ΕΤ ΕΝΑΤ (Year 9) appears in the field, divided to either side of the figure. |
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Year 9 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 — though this coin predates that visit by roughly five years. Alexandria's imperial mint operated under the prefect of Egypt rather than the Roman Senate, keeping Egyptian coinage entirely outside the standard Roman monetary system. The billon fabric here reflects the gradual debasement of Alexandrian tetradrachms across the second century, a process well underway before Hadrian's accession.