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Æ34 - Antoninus Pius L Β
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 138-139 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of Antoninus Pius facing right, with traces of drapery visible at the shoulder, rendered in the naturalistic Roman imperial portrait style. The legend, partially preserved, runs around the periphery of the flan. The die work is characteristic of the Alexandrian mint, with a broad, somewhat shallow relief typical of provincial bronze coinage of the early Antonine period. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΑΥΤ Κ Τ] ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ΕΥϹΕΒ (Translation: Emperor Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius) |
| Reverse description | Two Canopi (the anthropoid jar-forms sacred to the god Osiris-Canopus) facing one another and resting on a common baseline, each surmounted by a human head with elaborate headdress; between the two vessels, a thymiaterion (incense burner) rises from the baseline. The composition is rendered in the syncretic Graeco-Egyptian artistic tradition characteristic of Alexandrian provincial coinage. The regnal date legend appears in the field. |
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