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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2397133, member: 19463"]Today I drove my wife to an eye appointment in a part of town new to me and killed some time in a brick and mortar coin shop which had very few ancients. Most were not identified but the dealer seemed to know more than I expect from such a shop. This one had stumped him and he didn't want to sell it (probably fearing it was a rarity?). I told him it was a Hadrian from Alexandria and a small denomination which I needed so I was interested in it. He looked it up found nothing exact but convinced himself it was not rare and sold it to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why I wanted the coin is that the reverse shows an Eqyptian god, Harpocrates, while most Alexandrian coins seem to have Greek deities or personifications. I would have preferred a coin with something that was more obviously Egyptian but the Hem-hem crown here is nice. I also like the add-on pomegranate on the reverse and the fact that this is the last year of Hadrian's reign (L KB= year 22). I was not well enough versed in these to be sure but I hoped this 19mm coin was a smaller denomination but it is just an obol. The obverse legend is pretty clear on the left for such a tiny coin of Alexandria but the right side which names Hadrian is gone. AVT KAIC TPA </p><p>[ATTACH=full]493242[/ATTACH] </p><p>This would be a good place to show your Alexandrian obols. I have one other Hadrian, a deer from year 11.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]493247[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2397133, member: 19463"]Today I drove my wife to an eye appointment in a part of town new to me and killed some time in a brick and mortar coin shop which had very few ancients. Most were not identified but the dealer seemed to know more than I expect from such a shop. This one had stumped him and he didn't want to sell it (probably fearing it was a rarity?). I told him it was a Hadrian from Alexandria and a small denomination which I needed so I was interested in it. He looked it up found nothing exact but convinced himself it was not rare and sold it to me. Why I wanted the coin is that the reverse shows an Eqyptian god, Harpocrates, while most Alexandrian coins seem to have Greek deities or personifications. I would have preferred a coin with something that was more obviously Egyptian but the Hem-hem crown here is nice. I also like the add-on pomegranate on the reverse and the fact that this is the last year of Hadrian's reign (L KB= year 22). I was not well enough versed in these to be sure but I hoped this 19mm coin was a smaller denomination but it is just an obol. The obverse legend is pretty clear on the left for such a tiny coin of Alexandria but the right side which names Hadrian is gone. AVT KAIC TPA [ATTACH=full]493242[/ATTACH] This would be a good place to show your Alexandrian obols. I have one other Hadrian, a deer from year 11. [ATTACH=full]493247[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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