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Silver tetradrachm minted at Lampsacus by Lysimachus between 298-281BC, obverse= Alexander the Great deified with the ram’s horns of Zeus-Ammon and wearing the royal diadem, reverse= Athena seated and bearing Nike (Victory), who pours a libation over the name of Lysimachus | Silver tetradrachm of Alexander the Great minted in Babylon c. 320BC, obverse =Heracles, reverse =enthroned Zeus (mu-tau-rho monogram for “metropolis”) | Bronze drachm of Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria in year 22 (AD159-160), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp | Bronze drachm of Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria in year 22 (AD159-160), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp | Bronze drachm of Antoninus Pius minted in Alexandria (year 14, AD151-152), obverse =head of emperor, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot) | Silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy Soter as Satrap (overstruck to reduced standard c. 310BC), obverse =Alexander in an elephant scalp, reverse=Athena |
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Bronze drachm of the Empress Faustina II minted in Alexandria (year 14 of Pius, AD151-152), obverse=head of empress, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot) | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp kisses the hand of the emperor in greeting on the occasion of his visit to the city | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp kisses the hand of the emperor in greeting on the occasion of his visit to the city | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp kisses the hand of the emperor in greeting on the occasion of his visit to the city | Billon (silver alloy) tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and bearing and the vexillum (military standard) and ears of corn greets the emperor on the occasion of his visit to the city | Billon (silver alloy) tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and bearing and the vexillum (military standard) and ears of corn greets the emperor on the occasion of his visit to the city |
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Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 18 (AD133-134), obverse=head of emperor, Isis Pharia with a billowing sail and the Pharos lighthouse surmounted by a statue and with Tritons (fish-tailed sons of Poseidon) on the stage below | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 16 (AD131-132), obverse=head of emperor, reverse=emperor in a quadriga (four-horse chariot) | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 14 (AD129-130), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp greets the emperor arriving in Alexandria in a quadriga | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp greets the emperor arriving in Alexandria in a quadriga | Bronze drachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria (year 17, AD132-133), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot), the serpents wear the skhent crown of upper and lower Egypt | Billon tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria (year 21, AD136-137), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Triptolemus/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp and riding in a serpent biga (two-beast chariot) |
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Billon (silver alloy) tetradrachm of Nero minted in Alexandria in year 12 (AD66-67), obverse= head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp | Billon (silver alloy) tetradrachm of Otho minted in Alexandria in year 1 (AD69), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp with legend ALEXANDREA | Bronze of Ptolemy V Epiphanes minted in Alexandria between 204-180BC, Obverse=Head of Alexander wearing elephant scalp, reverse=eagle holding a thunderbolt with legend PTOLEMAIOU BASILEOS (“of King Ptolemy”) | Bronze diobol of Vespasian minted in Alexandria in year 8 (AD76-77), obverse=head of emperor, reverse= Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp | Billon (silver alloy) tetradrachm of Vespasian minted in Alexandria in year 2 (AD70), obverse=head of emperor, reverse =Alexandria/ Alexander wearing the elephant scalp, bearing a vexillum and holding out a victor’s wreath with legend ALEXANDREIA | A superb example of a billon tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in year 15 (AD130-131), obverse is the head of the emperor, reverse shows Alexander personifying Alexandria, wearing the elephant scalp and bearing and the vexillum (military standard) and ears of corn, greeting the emperor on the occasion of his visit to the city |
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| HadrianElefBustTet.jpg A billon tetradrachm of Hadrian minted in Alexandria in AD125-126 (L DEKATOU = of the tenth year), obverse is the head of the emperor, reverse is a bust of Alexander personifying Alexandria. | | | | | |