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38 J- G. MILNE.LAVTKAICTPAIANOC AAPIANOCCBBust as J.This type gives another example of possibly concurrentstriking with head and with bust, as E with Fand H with J ;it isvery rarely found, and only onbillon of years3 and 4.Tear 3 -22 (a);Year 4 -48.24; 28 (b).After year 3 the Alexandrian coinage of Hadrianno longer shows the same frequent changes of obversetype as in year 2. The list for year 4 may, however,be completed ; the new types of this year are :M isonly.MAVTKAITPAI AAPIACBHead r., laureate, paludamentumN As M, with crescent upwardsat side of neck.in field to r.used both for billon and bronze, N for billonIn subsequent years on the billon the crescentis always present, till year 8, when as an alternativesymbol a serpent (probably a suggestion of an aegis)is found. An entirely new type came in with year 9.AVTKAI TPAIAAPIAC6Bpaludamentum and cuirass, showing back,Bust r., laureate, wearingwhich continued in use for eight years without materialvariation, except that the coins of later years are inmuch higher relief than those of earlier, and of betterexecution ;the art of the Alexandrian mint reachedits highest point about year 15 of Hadrian. In year17 two changes occur : the first was only a slightalteration in the legend by the use of - KAIC in placeof - KAI, but the second involved a more extensiverecasting of the legendto AVTKAICTPAIAN A API