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Dupondius or As - Hadrian ALEXANDRIA S C, Alexandria

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint
Year 130-133
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P
(Translation: Hadrianus Augustus, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Hadrian, emperor (Augustus), consul for the third time, father of the nation.)
Reverse description The personification of Alexandria reclines to the left, rendered as a draped female figure leaning upon a basket of fruit (kalathos) placed at her side. She holds corn ears in her extended right hand and a vine branch in her left, emblems of the city's celebrated agricultural abundance and commercial prosperity. In the left field, additional corn ears interspersed with poppy heads reinforce the fertility symbolism associated with Egypt. The reverse legend ALEXANDRIA S C appears in the field, the S C abbreviation (Senatus Consultum) denoting senatorial authority over bronze coinage issues, and the overall composition is enclosed within a beaded border.
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