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AR25 - Hadrian L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 125-126 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Hadrian facing right, rendered in three-quarter view from the rear. The portrait displays finely detailed curled hair and laurel wreath typical of Hadrianic Alexandrian coinage. Drapery over the left shoulder and cuirass on the right shoulder are visible. The encircling Greek legend reads ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ, identifying the emperor as Autocrator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Sebastos. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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The regnal year ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ — the tenth — places this issue squarely within Hadrian's extended tour of Egypt in 130 AD, though the dating here falls slightly earlier, during the administrative buildup preceding that visit. Alexandria's mint operated under Roman supervision but retained its own dating system tied to the Egyptian regnal calendar, a bureaucratic holdover that makes precise synchronization with Roman consular years perpetually contested among specialists.
Egyptian provincial silver of this period frequently shows adjustment marks from the mint's practiced habit of shaving flans to weight — inspect the edges.