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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Egypt| > RX39366
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
|Roman| |Egypt|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt|, The Lighthouse of Alexandria, also called the Pharos, built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 B.C., was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Between 393 and 450 feet (120 - 140 m) tall, it was one of the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries. Damaged by three earthquakes between 956 and 1323, it then became an abandoned ruin. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the still extant Great Pyramid of Giza), until in 1480 the last of its remnant stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. In 1994, French archaeologists discovered some remains of the lighthouse on the floor of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor
RX39366. Bronze drachm, Dattari 1757; Milne 1373; BMC Alexandria p. 89, 753 var. (LIZ left); Geissen 1078 var. (same); RPC Online III 5837; Kampmann 32.546; Emmett 1000/17, VF, small edge cracks, beveled obverse edge, Alexandria mint, weight 26.494g, maximum diameter 33.7mm, die axis 0o, 29 Aug 132 - 28 Aug 133 A.D.; obverse AYT KAIC TPAIAN - AΔPIANOC CEB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse Isis Pharia standing right, wearing chiton, peplos and headdress of horns, disk and plumes, billowing sail in both hands and under left foot, sistrum in right hand, LI-Z (year 17) divided across lower fields; SOLD











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