Hadrian - 117-118 AD - AR denar - AEGYPTOS
HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP
Laureate head right
AEGYPTOS
Egypt laying left, holding sistrum and resting arm on bread basket; ibis to left.
Weight: 3.12 gr
Diameter: 18 mm
Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born into a Roman Italo-Hispanic family that settled in Spain from the Italian city of Atri in Picenum. His father was of senatorial rank and was a first cousin of Emperor Trajan.