Egypt. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Obol (Bronze, 19.1 mm, 5.13 g). Oxyrhynchite 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. ΟΞ-ΥΡ L ΙΑ Athena standing left, wearing helmet, holding double axe in left hand and Nike with crown and palm in right hand. Geissen 3413. Dattari 6337. Emmett 1218. RPC III, 6357. Geissen-Weber p. 170, plate VIII, 74, A-B. Very Fine.

Ex Jean-Pierre Righetti Collection 2003.

Another obol of the year 11 of Hadrian (126-127) coming from the nome Ossirinchite (Upper Egypt) with on the reverse the deity Thoeris – Athena standing at left with her usual attributes (chiton, peplum, helm) plus the addition of the double axe in the left hand and in the right one, a victorious Nike with wreath and palm branch. Thoeris, female Egyptian deity looking like a hippopotamus, protectress of motherhood, was subject of cult at Oxyrhyncus.