Egypt, Coptite nome
Hadrian Dated regnal year 11 (126-127 CE)
AE obol 18mm, 5.1g
ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ϹЄΒ, laureate bust right, with slight drapery. Reverse – ΚΟΠΤ /
L ΙΑ (date), Sobek-Geb/Kronos standing left, bearded and veiled, wearing sun disk, holding harpa and dorcas gazelle.
RPC III 6276; Dattari (Savio) 6231; Emmett 1256.11
Coptos, the primary city of the Coptite Nome of Egypt, is modern day Qift, not far north of Luxor. Due to its location not far from the Red Sea, the city was an important trading center. It was also major religious center, with its temple focused on Min, the sky-god.
During Hellenistic times, it was he terminus of a caravan route to Berenike. The city was the base camp for the Legio III Cyrenaica. Under Diocletian, it rebelled and was heavily damaged in the recapture.