Despite the tragedy of losing his companion Antinous, who drowned in the river Nile, Hadrian issued a couple of coins to remember his voyage to Egypt in 130 AD Glad I won this denarius in the last MPO auction.
What a wonderfully detailed example, @Andres2! Hadrian's Travel Series is a wonderful thing to collect. At the moment I only have two but someday will try for all of the denarii. HADRIAN AR denarius, 18 mm, 2.95 gm Struck CE 134-138, Rome Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right Rev: AEGYPTOS; Aegyptos reclining left holding sistrum; ibis standing right at feet Ref: RIC II 297 HADRIAN AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.53 gm Struck CE 134-138, Rome Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head right Rev: AFRICA, Africa with elephant skin headdress, reclining on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia, basket of fruit before her Ref: RIC II 299
Nice! I love these. You've got quite a beak on that Ibis. My Aegyptos. Another one recalling that fateful visit to Egypt... Nilus. Assorted other Travel Series denarii... Hispania Africa Asia Germania
Fantastic coins! I really do love the "Travel Series'. Hadrian was such an enthusiastic tourist ... instead of his vacation slides we get to see the coins he minted commemorating the trip!
sweet win andres! a travel series example (or 2) is still on my list. here is a hadrian from egypt...so kind of in the spirit of the thread.
Andres => wow, congrats on snagging that great OP-winner ... oh, and awesome coin-examples from the usual suspects as well Sadly, I don't have an example from Hadrian's Vacation .... "yet"