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AR24 - Antoninus Pius ΕΤΟΥϹ Β
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 138-139 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Laureate, draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the Alexandrian provincial style with bold, high-relief portraiture. The emperor's head displays a finely detailed laurel wreath, with short curled hair and a bare neck partially showing drapery at the truncation. The surrounding Greek imperial legend runs clockwise around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Sarapis facing right, the god depicted with his characteristic full, curled beard and thick wavy hair surmounted by the tall kalathos (modius), a basket-shaped crown adorned with a row of beads, symbolising fertility and abundance. The drapery is visible at the bust truncation. The date legend in Greek, reading ΕΤΟΥϹ Β (Year 2), is distributed in the field to the left and right of the figure. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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