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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3640128, member: 91461&quot;]Coingrats Bingo! I&#039;ve not a single Roman drachm... Though I also had to get a Hadrian,or 2 accidently, recently.</p><p>It&#039;s my first of him celebrating his &quot;world trip&quot;!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]977014[/ATTACH]</p><p>HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.77gm). Struck 134-138 AD. Head right / Egypt reclining against basket left, holding sistrum, ibis at feet. RIC II 297; RSC 99.</p><p>This coin commemorates Hadrian&#039;s visit to Egypt in 130-131 AD. It was while Hadrian was on tour in Egypt that his favorite, Antinoüs, &quot;mysteriously&quot; drowned in the Nile. So great was the emperor&#039;s grief that he commanded a series of religious rituals to be performed in the young man&#039;s honor, and, on the site where the body was recovered, Hadrian ordered the construction of a city called Antinöopolis in honor of the young man.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS, I hope the little lady is doing better and life is returning to normal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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