Egypt. Alexandria. Hadrian, 117-138. Dichalkon (Bronze, 12.0 mm, 2.11 g). Hermopolites Nome, dated RY 11 (= 126/7). Laureate bust right, slight drapery. Rev. EPMO L IA Cynocephalus standing right, wearing sun disk. Geissen-Weber p. 154, Plate VI, 60. Emmett 1294. RPC III, 6287. Geissen 3400. Very fine. Ex Italo Vecchi 15.06.1994. It is nome Hermopolite’s turn with a pretty dichalkon always of the year 11 of Hadrian (126-127 AD) showing a green-emerald original patina and a nice miniaturized bust of Hadrian on the obverse. The local Pharaonic deity of this nome was Thot, turned in the Greek pantheon in Hermes and put in the reverse of our dichalkon in the shape of a dog-headed ithyphallic canid, with the lunar-disk on head and front paw in sign of worship.