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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2691745, member: 56859&quot;]What a great portrait!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Hadrian&#039;s coins are so diverse, historic, and artistic.&nbsp; It&#039;s easy to see why [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER] specializes in him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than show my two travel denarii (middle-of-the-road examples of the most common ones), here&#039;s a drachm from Egypt.&nbsp; It commemorates his visit to Alexandria in 130 AD. His beloved companion, Antinous, drowned in the Nile on this trip.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_6c67080020cc4e348897e07ce7d8bf1f.jpg_srz_p_689_326_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz%26hash%3Def6693bb43b43b2dd986ad7c78a1bd5a&amp;hash=f520c784af8a9f9d937f258401442085" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>year 15, 130/131 AD</p><p>Æ Drachm, 35 mm, 24.8 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind</p><p>Rev: Hadrian standing left, togate, holding sceptre, greeted by Alexandria, clad in elephant&#039;s skin headdress, chiton, and peplos, holding two grain ears in her left hand, and kissing Hadrian&#039;s extended right hand; L-IE (date) below.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 964.15[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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