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AR25 - Antoninus Pius L Β
| Issuer | Alexandria (Egypt) |
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| Year | 138-139 |
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| Composition | Billon |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and slightly draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in the provincial Egyptian style with finely detailed curled hair and beard. The emperor's effigy displays traces of drapery on the left shoulder, consistent with early Antonine portraiture. A circular Greek legend surrounds the bust in the field. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Draped and crowned bust of Isis facing right, wearing the distinctive crown of Isis composed of a modius surmounted by feathers and flanked by cow horns, with the solar disc at centre. Her elaborately beaded collar and layered drapery are rendered with fine provincial detail. The regnal date legend L Β appears in the right field, indicating the second year of Antoninus Pius's reign. |
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