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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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