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AR22 - Antoninus Pius L ΙΕ
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 151-152 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Faustina II facing right, with elaborately waved and braided hair arranged in coils at the nape of the neck, rendered in the characteristic Antonine portraiture style. The empress is depicted with bare neck and shoulders visible above the drapery. The Greek legend ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝ ϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ ΘΥΓ surrounds the effigy, identifying her as Faustina Augusta, daughter of the pious Augustus. |
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| Obverse lettering | ΦΑΥϹΤΙΝ ϹΕΒ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ ΘΥΓ |
| Reverse description | Standing figure, tentatively identified as the Tyche of Alexandria, depicted facing with head turned to the right and wearing a turreted crown. The deity holds a rudder in one hand and in the other a small figure possibly identified as Hermanubis, wearing a hem-hem crown and holding a purse and caduceus. The regnal year date L ΙΕ (year 15, corresponding to 151-152 AD) appears in the field. |
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