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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2672349, member: 70512&quot;]EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Hemidrachm 136-37 AD Pharos lighthouse</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference.</p><p>Dattari-Savio Pl. 95, 1935 (this coin). RPC 6233/; Emmett 1103.21</p><p><br /></p><p>Issue L KA = year 21</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙС ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СƐΒ</p><p>Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. L KA</p><p>Pharos lighthouse surmounted by two Tritons, each blowing a trumpet, between a lantern surmounted by a statue, holding situla and scepter; entryway below.</p><p><br /></p><p>11.31 gr</p><p>30 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Note.</p><p>From the Dattari collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta. In 332 BC Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria</p><p>contemporary Koine Greek pronunciation, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC which was between 120 and 137 m (394 and 449 ft) tall.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1968 the lighthouse was rediscovered. UNESCO sponsored an expedition to send a team of marine archaeologists, led by Honor Frost, to the site. She confirmed the existence of the ruins representing part of the lighthouse. Due to the lack of specialists and the area becoming a military zone, exploration was put on hold.[citation needed]</p><p>Greek archaeologists led by Jean-Yves Emperor re-discovered the physical remains of the lighthouse in late 1994 on the floor of Alexandria&#039;s Eastern Harbour. Some of these remains were brought up and were lying at the harbour on public view at the end of 1995. A Nova program chronicled the discovery. Subsequent satellite imaging has revealed further remains. It is possible to go diving and see the ruins. The secretariat of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage are currently working with the Government of Egypt on an initiative to add the Bay of Alexandria (to include remains of the lighthouse) on a World Heritage List of submerged cultural sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>show your lighthouse [ATTACH=full]595382[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html" rel="nofollow">http://ancientcoinage.org/lighthouses-of-alexandria.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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