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<p>[QUOTE="Okidoki, post: 3546426, member: 70512"]<b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 130-31 AD Hadrian-Alexandria</b></p><p>Reference.</p><p>RPC III, 5768; Emmett 845.15; Köln 1026; Dattari 1268.</p><p><br /></p><p>Issue L IE = year 15</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB</p><p>Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. L-IE </p><p>Hadrian standing to left holding scepter receiving corn ears from Alexandria</p><p><br /></p><p>12.16 gr</p><p>25 mm</p><p>12 h</p><p><br /></p><p>Note.</p><p>Struck to commemorate the emperor’s visit to Alexandria in AD 130. It was during this visit that Hadrian’s favorite, the Bithynian youth Antinous, drowned in the Nile.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]942573[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b> EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 125-26 AD Alexandria</b></p><p>Reference.</p><p>Emmett 805.10; Milne 1158; RPC III, 5565</p><p><br /></p><p>Issue L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ = year 10</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv. AVT KAI TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑ CEB</p><p>Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right seen from behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev. L.ΔE KATOV</p><p>Bust of Alexandria right with elephant headdress.</p><p><br /></p><p>6.75 gr</p><p>24 mm</p><p>[ATTACH=full]942574[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Okidoki, post: 3546426, member: 70512"][B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 130-31 AD Hadrian-Alexandria[/B] Reference. RPC III, 5768; Emmett 845.15; Köln 1026; Dattari 1268. Issue L IE = year 15 Obv. AVT KAI TPAI ADPIA CEB Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev. L-IE Hadrian standing to left holding scepter receiving corn ears from Alexandria 12.16 gr 25 mm 12 h Note. Struck to commemorate the emperor’s visit to Alexandria in AD 130. It was during this visit that Hadrian’s favorite, the Bithynian youth Antinous, drowned in the Nile. [ATTACH=full]942573[/ATTACH] [B] EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Tetradrachm 125-26 AD Alexandria[/B] Reference. Emmett 805.10; Milne 1158; RPC III, 5565 Issue L ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ = year 10 Obv. AVT KAI TPAI ΑΔΡΙΑ CEB Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right seen from behind. Rev. L.ΔE KATOV Bust of Alexandria right with elephant headdress. 6.75 gr 24 mm [ATTACH=full]942574[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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