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AR25 - Hadrian L ΕΝΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 126-127 |
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| Weight | 12.94 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, seen from the rear, with the paludamentum visible over the left shoulder and segmented cuirass details rendered in relief. The imperial effigy is portrayed in the characteristic Alexandrian style, with finely modelled curled hair beneath the laurel wreath. The encircling Greek legend reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ, divided across the field, within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | ND (126-127) |
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Year 11 of Hadrian's reign falls squarely within his extended tour of the eastern provinces, a journey that reshaped imperial policy toward Alexandria and Egypt more broadly. Hadrian visited the city in 130 AD — slightly after this coin's issue — but his administration's engagement with Alexandria was already visible in his 120s coinage program, which used the distinctive Egyptian regnal dating system the Romans had preserved since Augustus absorbed the province in 30 BC.
The billon fabric here reflects chronic silver depletion in the Alexandrian mint's supply chain, a problem that would worsen steadily through the second century.