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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;romismatist, post: 7572559, member: 44106&quot;]Hadrian&#039;s fascination / passion with Egypt and the Nile in particular may also be because his Bithynian favourite, Antinous, died by accidentially drowning in the Nile during the festival of Osiris in AD 130. Not sure if this coin is minted after this date but I believe most of the travel series denarii were minted in the later part of Hadrian&#039;s reign. If the coin was indeed minted following this tragic event, it may have been one way of Hadrian being able to publicly remember Antinous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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