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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2596925, member: 44183&quot;](December 20th)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b><font size="6">#6</font></b></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. Æ Drachm</b></span></p><p>AD 117-138</p><p>Dated RY 15 (AD 130/1)</p><p>Diameter: 33 mm</p><p>Weight: 26.84 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Reverse: Hadrian standing left, holding scepter, greeted by Alexandria, clad in elephant skin headdress, chiton, and peplos, holding two grain ears and kissing emperor’s extended hand; [L]–IE (date) across field</p><p>Reference: Köln 1035; Dattari (Savio) 7545; K&amp;G 32.508; Emmett 964.15</p><p>Other: 12h … green-brown patina with a few patches of red</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadrian-alendria-ae-drachm-jpg.564401/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>SIDENOTE: I purchased this winner right at the end of the 2016 coin season ... I put-down a decent bid thinking that I&#039;d certainly be CLIO&#039;d, but voila =&gt; I won the sweet prize!! (I think this baby has great eye-appeal ... great portrait and outstanding reverse)</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>=&gt; Alexandria, clad in elephant skin headdress (man, that never gets old, eh?)</i></span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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