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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2964589, member: 56859&quot;]Yes, your coin shows Nilus seated.&nbsp; You are correct about the Emmett number (879) and Milne number.&nbsp; I&#039;d get up and check my Dattari book but that means getting out of bed and that&#039;s just too much work right now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (Is it weird that I happened to have Emmett&#039;s book in bed with me, along with the Triton Staffieri catalog?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the obverse legend, Emmett&#039;s book gives the legends at the top of each page for that emperor/empress, grouped by year of issue.&nbsp; Per Emmett, as a year 20 tet your coin&#039;s obverse legend is, as you noted, ΑVΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡΑΙΑΝ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CΕΒ.&nbsp; However, there are many instances in which the legends vary from what they are &quot;supposed&quot; to be.&nbsp; He is coming out with a second book detailing variants in legends and such.&nbsp; Unfortunately it skips the earlier emperors and will cover Elagabalus through Domitius Domitianus. For emperors like Hadrian and Antoninus Pius, number of coins and legend variations is probably staggering.</p><p><br /></p><p>Part of the obverse legend is (presumably) off flan but it is likely legend matches what Emmett says it should be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I see:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]726285[/ATTACH]</p><p>There are smidgens of partial letters at the neck truncation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins of Roman Egypt were not always well made and it is hard to find coins with full and legible legends.&nbsp; Your coin has much more of the legend than most.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an Emmett 879.20 from CNG and it has letters continuing below Hadrian&#039;s neck.&nbsp; It&#039;s not a die match but it does have the legend starting at the ~2:00 position like yours, instead of the more often seen ~7:00 position..&nbsp; Note that the legend is different from what Emmett says it should be; &quot;TPAIAN&quot; is abbreviated to &quot;TPA&quot;, which is seen on Hadrian tets from years 21 and 22, per Emmett.&nbsp; Given the general size of letters on your coin, I suspect yours had &quot;TPAIAN&quot; below the neck.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3770265.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things I enjoy about collecting Roman Egypt is that most books don&#039;t get too hung up on such minor variations.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather focus on the interesting iconography.</p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Hadrian Nilus drachm from a coin show ~4 years ago.&nbsp; Weakly struck and but not terrible for the type <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]726286[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Hadrian</b></p><p>year 16, CE 131/2</p><p>Æ drachm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVTKAI TPAIA∆PIACE[B seems to be missing or barely squeezed in], laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Nilus seated left on rock, reed in hand; crocodile below [LI] S in left field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1016.16[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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