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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8220590, member: 110350&quot;]An obol:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian, AE Nome Obol, Year 11 (126/127 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 11) 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 [Poole, 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)]; K&amp;G N6.6; Milne 1229 at p. 30 (<i>var</i>. with beard; see p. 139 col. 2 bottom) [Milne, J.G., <i>Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins </i>(Oxford 1933, reprint with supplement by Colin M. Kraay, 1971)]. 19.4 mm., 5.32 g. <i>Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY Jan 2021; ex. Fontanille Coins, Auction 96, July 2017, Lot 7. </i>[Footnotes omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer&#039;s photo, which switches the obverse &amp; reverse from their usual positions.</p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/fontanille-coins-auction-96-july-2017-no-7-hadrian-pharaoh-alexandria-yr-11-jpg.1232356/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, another Roman Alexandrian coin with a &quot;traditional&quot; Egyptian deity or theme depicted on the reverse rather than something entirely or partly Greek or Roman in origin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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