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    ANCIENT COINS

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    EGYPT, Alexandria.  Hadrian

    year 16, CE 131/2

    Æ drachm

    Obv:  AVTKAI TPAIA∆PIACE[B seems to be missing or barely squeezed in], laureate and draped bust right, seen from behind

    Rev:  Nilus seated left on rock, reed in hand; crocodile below [LI] S in left field

    Ref:  Emmett 933.18, R1

     

    Translation of legend abbreviations:

    AVT   KAI   TPAI   A∆PIA   CEB

    Imperator Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus Augustus

    L IS

    year 16