Roman Provincial : EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian (AD 117-138). BI tetradrachm (25mm, 13.37 gm, 12h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5....

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EGYPT. Alexandria. Hadrian (AD 117-138). BI tetradrachm (25mm, 13.37 gm, 12h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Dated Regnal Year 10 (AD 125/6). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ-ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ?ΕΒ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, seen from behind / L-ΔΕΚΑΤΟΥ (date), diademed bust of Zeus right. RPC III 5598. Well centered dies with a gunmetal flan.

Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born in AD 76, the son of a distinguished Spanish senator and related through his mother to the future Emperor Trajan, who took him into his household when Hadrian was nine years old. After Trajan's accession, Hadrian held a series of civilian posts, including a consulship in AD 108, and commanded legions during the Dacian and Parthian wars. Hadrian was not formally adopted until Trajan lay on his deathbed in August, AD 117; after succeeding to the throne, Hadrian abandoned many of Trajan's over-ambitious conquests and engaged in a policy of peace abroad and reform at home. He spent most of his 21-year reign traveling, visiting every province of the Roman Empire. Under his patronage, Roman art and sculpture reached its creative peak. Hadrian came to see himself as a "second Augustus," providing the empire with a new foundation as a vast commonwealth of nations under Rome's guiding hand.

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