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Egypt. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Obol (Bronze, 18.7 mm, 4.72 g). Saite Nome, dated RY 11 (= 126/7). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ Laureate head of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. CA-IT L ΙΑ Athena-Neith standing front, head to left, holding owl in her right hand and spear in her left. Geissen-Weber p. 246, plate XV, 144. Dattari 6370 var. RPC III, 6417. Emmett 1219. Very fine. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti 2003. To the nome Saite, always of the Lower Egypt, belongs also this pretty obol of the year 11 (126-127 AD) of Hadrian with on the obverse a stylish and realistic portrait of the sovereign, while on the reverse Athena – Neith shows up, dressed in chiton and peplum, standing at left with Corinthian helm and aegis and holding in her right hand the owl, symbol of Athens, and a spear in her left. The coin is wholly covered by a brilliant green-emerald original patina. The Greek Athena is related to Egyptian Isis and Neith; the latter had at Sais her own temple where the cult of Isis was also active with its own priestly college.

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Egypt. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Obol (Bronze, 18.7 mm, 4.72 g). Saite Nome, dated RY 11 (= 126/7). ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ CЄΒ Laureate head of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. CA-IT L ΙΑ Athena-Neith standing front, head to left, holding owl in her right hand and spear in her left. Geissen-Weber p. 246, plate XV, 144. Dattari 6370 var. RPC III, 6417. Emmett 1219. Very fine. Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti 2003. To the nome Saite, always of the Lower Egypt, belongs also this pretty obol of the year 11 (126-127 AD) of Hadrian with on the obverse a stylish and realistic portrait of the sovereign, while on the reverse Athena – Neith shows up, dressed in chiton and peplum, standing at left with Corinthian helm and aegis and holding in her right hand the owl, symbol of Athens, and a spear in her left. The coin is wholly covered by a brilliant green-emerald original patina. The Greek Athena is related to Egyptian Isis and Neith; the latter had at Sais her own temple where the cult of Isis was also active with its own priestly college.