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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3136775, member: 57495&quot;]Given that I just posted a pic of a pile of 40 A-Pi drachms of Alexandria yesterday, I hope I&#039;ll be forgiven for showing yet another one of them today... </p><p><br /></p><p>This one comes from the same recent large group lot purchase which yielded the Scaurus/Hypsaeus denarius I showed the other day, and I felt that it too deserved its own thread.&nbsp; It&#039;s a little grungy, but not even close to being bad for a large Alexandrian bronze, and reverse is a very rare and interesting type - I haven&#039;t found sale records for any examples online, and it&#039;s unique to Antoninus Pius, apparently struck only in his second regnal year.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A similar reverse, featuring a full-length figure of Sarapis between the Dioscuri, was struck in a few of Pius&#039;s later regnal years.&nbsp; Some members will remember an ex stevex6 example of this reverse now owned [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER].&nbsp; That one has always made me jealous, but I feel a little better about not owning it now <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post anything related... A-Pi drachms, Sarapis and Dioscuri coins, neat group lot finds... </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]801112[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 23.36g, 34.1mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 2 (AD 138/9). RPC Online Temp #14776 (6 spec.); Emmett 1652 (R5); Geissen 1299 . O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐVСƐΒ, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: L Β, draped bust of Sarapis wearing kalathos, facing front; on either side, the Dioscuri, each crowned with star, standing, facing, heads turned towards bust, holding spears and whips(?).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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