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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT, Alexandria.  Hadrian

    year 2, CE 117/8

    tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.5 gm

    Obv:  AVTKAICTPAINOC AΔPIANOC; laureate bust right

    Rev:  Tyche standing left with rudder and cornucopia; L-B

    Ref:  Emmett 901(2), R4

    A delightful find in a large mixed lot, Stack's Bowers Nov. 2013

     

    Translation of legend abbreviations:

    AVT   KAIC   TPAINOC   AΔPIANOC

    Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus

    L B

    year 2