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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4002298, member: 87200"]Antinous PB Tessera - 4.57g, 19mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Antinous on horseback right, wearing hem-hem crown and holding caduceus</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Köln 3584; Milne 5420.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am fortunate as I had the opportunity to visit Antinopolis on one of my Egyptian excursions, modern village of Sheikh el-Bada, across the Nile from Hermopolis Magna (the city of Thoth/Hermes).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053726[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>A picture of the town in the 18th century</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Antino%C3%AB_%28Antino%C3%B6polis%29._Vue_de_l%27arc_de_triomphe.jpg/440px-Antino%C3%AB_%28Antino%C3%B6polis%29._Vue_de_l%27arc_de_triomphe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the man who adopted him:</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt, Alexandria - Hadrian. (117-138)</p><p><br /></p><p>Year 127-128</p><p><br /></p><p>Type: AE Drachm, 32mm 24.42 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: AVT KAI TPAI AAPIA CEB, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: LDW (delta) EK in exergue, Nilos reclining left upon a crocodile, holding cornucopia and reed, Genius emerging from the cornucopia and pointing at letters IS in upper field</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Milne 1269</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053725[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053727[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>So far as the town goes, there is not much left as the site was ransacked for marble to build kilns to cook sugar cane. Plus, the local villagers, as the village head man told me, believe that the site is occupied by evil jinn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4002298, member: 87200"]Antinous PB Tessera - 4.57g, 19mm Alexandria, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Obverse: Antinous on horseback right, wearing hem-hem crown and holding caduceus Reverse: Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Köln 3584; Milne 5420. I am fortunate as I had the opportunity to visit Antinopolis on one of my Egyptian excursions, modern village of Sheikh el-Bada, across the Nile from Hermopolis Magna (the city of Thoth/Hermes). [ATTACH=full]1053726[/ATTACH] A picture of the town in the 18th century [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Antino%C3%AB_%28Antino%C3%B6polis%29._Vue_de_l%27arc_de_triomphe.jpg/440px-Antino%C3%AB_%28Antino%C3%B6polis%29._Vue_de_l%27arc_de_triomphe.jpg[/IMG] And the man who adopted him: Egypt, Alexandria - Hadrian. (117-138) Year 127-128 Type: AE Drachm, 32mm 24.42 grams Obverse: AVT KAI TPAI AAPIA CEB, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: LDW (delta) EK in exergue, Nilos reclining left upon a crocodile, holding cornucopia and reed, Genius emerging from the cornucopia and pointing at letters IS in upper field Reference: Milne 1269 [ATTACH=full]1053725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1053727[/ATTACH] So far as the town goes, there is not much left as the site was ransacked for marble to build kilns to cook sugar cane. Plus, the local villagers, as the village head man told me, believe that the site is occupied by evil jinn.[/QUOTE]
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