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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6317601, member: 110350&quot;]Hadrian, AE Nome Obol, Year 11 (136/127 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint (for Arsinoite Nome). Obv. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder, AΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹΕΒ / Rev. Head of Egyptian Pharaoh right, no beard [identified with Amenemhat III, under Greco-Roman name of Pramarres], wearing nemes [royal striped headdress] with uraeus [sacred cobra, worn by deities and pharaohs] at forehead; APCI (= Arsi[noites]) to left, date L IA (Year 12) to right. RPC [<i>Roman Provincial Coinage</i>] Vol. III 6296 (2015); RPC III Online at <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6296" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6296" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6296</a> ; Emmett 1211.11 [Emmett, Keith, <i>Alexandrian Coins</i> (Lodi, WI, 2001)]; BMC 16 Alexandria, Nomes 72-73 at p. 357 [Pool, Reginald Stuart, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 16, Alexandria</i> (London, 1892)]; Sear RCV II 3831 (ill.); Köln 3381/82 [Geissen, A., <i>Katalog alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen</i>, <i>Köln</i>, Band II (Hadrian-Antoninus Pius) (Cologne, 1978, corrected reprint 1987)]; Milne 1229 [Milne, J., <i>A Catalogue of the Alexandrian Coins in the Ashmolean Museum</i> (Oxford, 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay). 19.4 mm., 5.32 g. (<i>Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY Jan 2021; ex. Fontanille Coins, Auction 96, July 2017, Lot 7, sold as “the finest example [that dealer] ha[d] seen.”</i>) [Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1250281[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m tempted to ask for another Nome Obol, but not too many people have them, so I&#039;ll simply request another Hadrian coin from Roman Alexandria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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