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EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Drachm (34mm, 23.69 g, 12h). Dated RY 18 (AD 133/134). AVT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CЄB, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Bust of Hermanubis right, slight drapery, wearing kalathos; L IH (date) to left, palm frond to right. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 7685 (this coin); K&G 32.584 var. (caduceus-palm frond combination before bust on reverse); RPC III 5891/8 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 291); Emmett 986.18 (R3); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 71 (this coin). EF, green and brown patina, minor smoothing. Very rare type for this regnal year. A subtle and artistic coin.
From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Renzo Canavesi, Sagno, 1996. Ex Renzo Canavesi Collection (Sagno); Dr. Piero Beretta Collection (Milan); Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 7685.
Rainer Pudill, in his 2014 book Antinoos – Münzen und Medaillen, classifies this type from Hadrian's regnal year 18 as "pseudo-Antinoos" or a "hidden" representation of Antinoüs (see p. 96). Indeed, when Hadrian introduced coinage at Alexandria specifically to honor Antinoüs, he is always depicted in the guise of Hermanubis or Hermes.
From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection, purchased from Renzo Canavesi, Sagno, 1996. Ex Renzo Canavesi Collection (Sagno); Dr. Piero Beretta Collection (Milan); Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 7685.
Rainer Pudill, in his 2014 book Antinoos – Münzen und Medaillen, classifies this type from Hadrian's regnal year 18 as "pseudo-Antinoos" or a "hidden" representation of Antinoüs (see p. 96). Indeed, when Hadrian introduced coinage at Alexandria specifically to honor Antinoüs, he is always depicted in the guise of Hermanubis or Hermes.