Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Emperor Hadrian
Description
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Emperor Hadrian. The back (reverse) depicts Serapis enthroned to the left.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
The image shows both faces of a small ancient coin with a portrait of an emperor on the obverse and an enthroned/standing figure or deity-like personification on the reverse, surrounded by Greek-style lettering.
Two views of a circular metal tetradrachm are shown side-by-side: the left face displays a left-facing youthful/royal portrait with surrounding lettering in a non-Egyptian script, while the right face shows a larger central figure (appearing seated or standing on a platform) with additional surrounding lettering. The inscriptions appear Greek or Hellenistic rather than Egyptian hieroglyphs; no clear cartouche format is visible. The metal surface is worn, with high relief but softened details, suggesting a corroded billon alloy coin. No legible deities in an Egyptian iconographic scheme can be confidently identified from the image alone.
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 142044 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.