Reverse: Hadrian receives grain from Alexandria ('Year 15')

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1980.824

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AIC_.1980.824

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

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1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

European; Southern European; Roman

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European; Southern European; Roman

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Roman Republic and Empire

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Roman Republic and Empire

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Roman

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Roman

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Coin Showing Emperor Hadrian

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Coin Showing Emperor Hadrian

Title

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Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

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Title:

Reverse: Hadrian receives grain from Alexandria ('Year 15')

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Reverse: Hadrian receives grain from Alexandria ('Year 15')

Title

false

Title Type:

alternate

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alternate

Title Type

false

View:

reverse

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reverse

View

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Creation Date:

Reign of Hadrian, Roman Empire, A.D. 131

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Reign of Hadrian, Roman Empire, A.D. 131

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

117

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117

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

138

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138

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Billon tetradrachm

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Billon tetradrachm

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Coin

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Coin

Classification Term

false

Subject Description:

Egypt welcomed the long-awaited visit of Hadrian in A.D. 130, the fifteenth year of his reign. The elephant scalp worn by the personification of Alexandria on the reverse is a reference to the African forest elehant, native to Ethiopia. Alexandria's giftof wheat to the emperor, which is depicted on the reverse of this coin, signifies Egypt's vast grain exports, on which Rome relied. Hadrian's idealized portrait is typically philhellene.

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Egypt welcomed the long-awaited visit of Hadrian in A.D. 130, the fifteenth year of his reign. The elephant scalp worn by the personification of Alexandria on the reverse is a reference to the African forest elehant, native to Ethiopia. Alexandria's giftof wheat to the emperor, which is depicted on the reverse of this coin, signifies Egypt's vast grain exports, on which Rome relied. Hadrian's idealized portrait is typically philhellene.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

...,Egypt,Urban (region),Al-Iskandariyah (governorate),Alexandria

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...,Egypt,Urban (region),Al-Iskandariyah (governorate),Alexandria

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)

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Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

1980.824

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1980.824

ID Number

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Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Grover

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Grover

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

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Reverse: Hadrian receives grain from Alexandria ('Year 15')