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A bronze hemiobol of the emperor Hadrian with a reverse showing a kalathos containing corn ears and poppy heads Coin Type: Bronze hemiobol of Hadrian, 117-138 CE
Mint and Date: Alexandria, 136-137 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm x 20mm, 4.49g
Obverse: Laureate bust right, a scrap of drapery on the left shoulder.
AYT KAI TP AΔPIANO CEB
Reverse: Basketwork kalathos containing three corn-ears within two poppy heads, ribboned torches at either side.
Exergue: L KA (Regnal year 21)
Ref: RCV (2002) 3828 var. (slight difference in obverse legend.)
Provenance: sphinx1150 (eBay); March 2008
BW Ref: 029 037 124
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