See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

Æ24 - Antoninus Pius L Δ

Issuer Alexandria (Egypt)
Year 140-141
Type Log in to see details
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight 8.49 g
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Laureate head of Emperor Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial Alexandrian style typical of Egyptian imperial coinage. The portrait displays the emperor's characteristic beard and laurel wreath, with the surrounding Greek legend reading ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ, abbreviating his full titulature as Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius. The flan is irregular and the surfaces show heavy patination consistent with the coin's age and Alexandrian fabric.
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering Log in to see details
Reverse description Tyche, the personification of fortune and tutelary deity of Alexandria, depicted standing facing with head turned to the left. She wears the kalathos (modius) upon her head, characteristic of her Alexandrian iconography, and holds a long rudder in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left. The regnal date legend L Δ, denoting the fourth year of Antoninus Pius's reign (140–141 AD), appears in the field.
Reverse script Log in to see details
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Plain
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Additional information Log in to see details

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE