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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Okidoki, post: 2968612, member: 70512&quot;]<b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 125-26 AD Mars, wearing crested Corinthian helmet</b></p><p>Reference. Unique </p><p><br /></p><p>RPC III, 5568; D1271 = Staffieri; Emmett 810.10</p><p><br /></p><p>Issue L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ or L ΔΕ = year 10</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ</p><p>Laureate draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian, r., seen from rear</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ</p><p>Helmeted half-length nude bust left of Mars (Ares), seen from behind, wearing crested Corinthian helmet</p><p><br /></p><p>12.87 gr</p><p>25 mm</p><p>12h</p><p><br /></p><p>Note.</p><p>From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Münz Zentrum 29 (27 April 1977), lot 126; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 1271.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the aforementioned article by Giovanni, he compares the reverse of this coin to the statue found at Hadrian’s villa (Fig. 7 in his article).</p><p><br /></p><p>See G.M. Staffieri, ‘Sulla testimonianza di un Ares policleteo nella monetazione imperiale alessandrina’, NAC 22 (1993), pp. 187-99, where the design is compared to the statue found at Hadrian’s villa.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]727924[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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