Hadrian Denar Aegyptos SOLD

Ruler: Hadrian

Obverse:  HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right 

Reverse: AEGYPTOS; Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum and resting arm on basket; at feet to left, ibis standing right.

Mint: Rome

Denomination: Denar

Reference: RIC II.3 1481

Weight: 3,41g 

Note: Excellent portrait, nice delicate cabinet toning. Rare and very desirable geographical reverse type, from Hadrian's famous "travel series" !

Price: 1500 PLN

This silver denarius of Hadrian belongs to a series of imperial coins from the Latin area, also issued in bronze and gold, designed to commemorate the emperor's journey to the East and Egypt in AD 129-131. The senile portrait of Hadrian is reproduced with masterly style, as is the Isis with chiton and peplos lying softly on the lectisternium and bearing the canonical sistrum. Singular on the left is the image of the small ibis perched on the capital of a small column in front of the deity.

Collection : Roman Empire 8