EGYPT.ALEXANDRIA.Hadrian AD 117-138.AE.Drachma. ( 18.37g, 31mm, 12h )
AVT KAIC TPAIANO AΔPIANOC CEB, laurate, bearded bust right of Hadrian.
Reverse.Viz-a-viz busts of Serapis wearing modius right and Isis wearing crown horns and disc left, in centre standing figure of Harpokrates right finger to mouth, cornucopia in left, below eagel right, head reverted, wings open, across field regnal year L-IH ( year 18 ).
Ref:BMC 749, Reverse of the original from which this is a copy is illustrated in BMC Alexandria ( 1892 ) Pl.XIV.749.
Good very fine,tan brown patina, some surface porosity, appears to have been laquered in the past.
Very Rare base metal copy by Robert Ready.
Robert
Cooper Ready 1811-1901 was hired by the British Museum in 1857 to make
electrotype copies of coins, medals and seals, his sons continued to
make electrotypes until 1931. The prototype is a rare coin to obtain,