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A potin obol of the emperor Hadrian from the Arsinoite Nome of Egypt with a reverse showing an Egyptian king Coin Type: Holed billon tetradrachm of Hadrian, 117-138 CE
Mint and Date: Arsinoite Nome of Egypt, 126-127 CE
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 4.98g
Obverse: AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CЄB
Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder.
Reverse: APCI LIA (Regnal year 11).
Head of Egyptian king right, wearing uraeus, beard, and linen headdress.
Ref: RCV (2002) 3831; Milne 1229; BMC Alexandria 73; Dattari 6210; Emmett 1221.
Provenance: tgorani (eBay), December 2009
BW Ref: 037 047 153
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Note: Milne calls this coin an obol; Sear calls it a hemiobol.


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