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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 3071596, member: 15445"]What is Hadrian's "travel series"?</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one coin of Hadrian. The Alexandria coin is the size & heft of a US silver dollar. It depicts Hadrian drawn by a quad of elephants. Maybe not a "travel series" but how cool is that?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]771893[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN EGYPT</b></p><p><b>ALEXANDRIA</b></p><p><b>Hadrian</b></p><p><b>AE Drachm</b></p><p><b>117-138 A.D.</b></p><p>27.00 grams, 34 mm.</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laur. Dr. Cuirassed bust right</p><p>AYT.KAI (Hadrian).APIC.CEB</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Hadrian in quadriga of elephants</p><p> right. LENΔE.KATOV</p><p><b>Grade:</b> Fine light chocolate brown color</p><p><b>Other:</b> Sear 1175 (pg 151) B.M.C.G.860</p><p>Milne 1216var., Koln 967var.</p><p>On the obverse legend:</p><p>AYT= AVTOKPATOP = Emperor</p><p>KAI= KAICAP = Caesar</p><p>APIC.CEB = Optimus Augustus</p><p>Ex John Jencek of San MateoCalif., From Eye Appealing Coins 11/2013.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's an acoustic Africa for our friend Alegandron [MEDIA=youtube]s3k-FfI55_I[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 3071596, member: 15445"]What is Hadrian's "travel series"? I only have one coin of Hadrian. The Alexandria coin is the size & heft of a US silver dollar. It depicts Hadrian drawn by a quad of elephants. Maybe not a "travel series" but how cool is that? [ATTACH=full]771893[/ATTACH] [B]ROMAN EGYPT ALEXANDRIA Hadrian AE Drachm 117-138 A.D.[/B] 27.00 grams, 34 mm. [B]Obv:[/B] Laur. Dr. Cuirassed bust right AYT.KAI (Hadrian).APIC.CEB [B]Rev:[/B] Hadrian in quadriga of elephants right. LENΔE.KATOV [B]Grade:[/B] Fine light chocolate brown color [B]Other:[/B] Sear 1175 (pg 151) B.M.C.G.860 Milne 1216var., Koln 967var. On the obverse legend: AYT= AVTOKPATOP = Emperor KAI= KAICAP = Caesar APIC.CEB = Optimus Augustus Ex John Jencek of San MateoCalif., From Eye Appealing Coins 11/2013. Here's an acoustic Africa for our friend Alegandron [MEDIA=youtube]s3k-FfI55_I[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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