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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4294242, member: 110226&quot;]Hadrian, was one of the more &quot;photogenic&quot; emperors, numismatically speaking.&nbsp; Marcus Aurelius was another such emperor, whose coinage portraits spanned his life, from handsome youth to an elderly man with a scraggy &quot;philosopher&#039;s&quot; beard (he was a noted philosopher of stoicism).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple of Alexandrian drachms of Hadrian that I picked up, post-auction, earlier this year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 18 = AD 133/4. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae; crocodile below, L IH (date) above. RPC -; Dattari (Savio) 1787; Emmett 1014. 24.14g, 34mm, 12h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Near Very Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love the reverse on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093155[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The following example is from the early years of his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian Æ Drachm of Alexandria, Egypt. Dated RY 2 = AD 117/8. [ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ] ΤΡΑΙAΝΟϹ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ CЄB, laureate head right, slight drapery over far shoulder / Nilus reclining on hippopotamus left, holding reed and cornucopiae, LB (date) below. RPC 5025; Dattari (Savio) 7747 var. (obv. legend); Emmett 1015. 23.88g, 35mm, 1h.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Fine. Extremely Rare; RPC cites only one example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess that&#039;s a hippo on the reverse, or a very odd pig!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093158[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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