Detail View: The AMICA Library: Reverse: Hadrian receives grain from Alexandria ('Year 15')
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1980.824
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Roman
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Roman Republic and Empire
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Roman
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Title:
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Coin Showing Emperor Hadrian
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Title Type:
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preferred
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Title:
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Reverse: Hadrian receives grain from Alexandria ('Year 15')
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Title Type:
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alternate
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View:
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reverse
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Creation Date:
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Reign of Hadrian, Roman Empire, A.D. 131
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Creation Start Date:
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117
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Creation End Date:
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138
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Materials and Techniques:
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Billon tetradrachm
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Classification Term:
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Coin
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Subject Description:
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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.
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Creation Place:
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...,Egypt,Urban (region),Al-Iskandariyah (governorate),Alexandria
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Dimensions:
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Diameter: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1980.824
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Grover
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.D12737.TIF
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