Also from the ANA 2024 Worlds Fair: Hadrian

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  1. cmezner

    cmezner do ut des Supporter

    Couldn't resist this coin; just liked Hadrian's portrait and the clear legends, even though the reverse has two light scratches:)

    BI Tetradrachm
    Egypt, Alexandria, RY 10 = 125/126 AD
    23 x 24 mm, 13.272 g, 11 h
    RPC III 5597; Dattari (Savio) 1494; Emmett 901.10; BMC 2829; SNG Copenhagen Alexandria-Cyrenaica 315/316; Milne 1140; Sear (RCV 2000 ed.) 3729; Köln 917;

    Ob.: ΑΥΤ(ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ) ΚΑΙ(CΑΡ) ΤΡΑΙ(ΑΝΟC) ΑΔΡΙΑ(ΝΟC) ϹΕΒ(ΑCΤΟC) (Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus) Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to r., seen from rear.
    Rev.: L ΔЄΚΑΤΟΥ Tyche standing facing, head to l., wearing kalathos, chiton and peplos, holding rudder in her r. hand and cornucopia with the end of her peplos in her l. hand

    Picture courtesy Herakles Numismatics:

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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Great example.
     
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