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Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D.
On his second tour of the empire, Hadrian personally recorded the events of his time in Egypt, but unfortunately his record is lost. P. J. Sijpesteijn pieces together the evidence of Hadrian's itinerary from Egyptian sources in “A New Document Concerning Hadrian's Visit to Egypt” in Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, Bd. 18, H. 1 (Jan, 1969), pp. 109-118. Hadrian arrived in Egypt from by land from Arabia near the end of August 130 A.D. While in Egypt, he spent most of his time in Alexandria. He toured Upper Egypt, probably soon after his arrival. On 30 October, to commemorate his deified young beloved, Hadrian founded the city of Antinoopolis in Upper Egypt, not far from the site where Antinous had drowned. In November and December, he visited Thebes, Oxyrhynchus and Tebtynis, and at some point before his departure, he went hunting in the Libyan Desert. Hadrian left Alexandria by sea to Syria, probably in March 131 A.D.RB72508. Bronze sestertius, BMCRE III 1715, Cohen II 157, Hunter II 607, RIC II 843 (S), SRCV II 3575 var. (laureate and draped), F, nice portrait, attractive reverse style, corrosion, large pit before Hadrian's nose, flan crack, Rome mint, weight 21.764g, maximum diameter 32.4mm, die axis 45o, 131 - 138 A.D.; obverse HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed, laureate bust right, seen from behind; reverse ALEXANDRIA, Alexandria reclining left, stalks of grain in right hand, vine in left arm which rests on a basket of fruit, four stalks of grain growing in background at feet, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; ex Morton & Eden auction 59 (13 - 14 Nov 2012), part of lot 957; ex Kenneth Edwin Day Collection; scarce; SOLD
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