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Æ32 - Antoninus Pius L ΙΗ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 154-155 |
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| Weight | 20.25 g |
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| Obverse description | Laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right, with traces of drapery visible at the truncation of the neck. The emperor's effigy is rendered in the typical Alexandrian provincial style, with a well-defined laurel wreath and naturalistic facial features. The circular Greek legend runs along the coin's periphery, partially legible due to the coin's irregular flan. The flan shows characteristic edge chipping consistent with Alexandrian bronze coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥ (Translation: Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Augustus Pius) |
| Reverse description | Sarapis, wearing the modius crown and draped, standing frontally in a quadriga proceeding to the left, raising his right hand in a gesture of salutation and holding a long sceptre in his left hand. The four horses are depicted in vigorous motion, their forelegs raised. The regnal date legend appears in the field. The composition reflects the syncretistic religious iconography characteristic of Alexandrian civic coinage, celebrating the cult of Sarapis as a principal deity of Alexandria. |
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