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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8336943, member: 87809&quot;][USER=84065]@Edessa[/USER], you definitely are someone after my own heart<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also bought an Antoninus Pius Drachm at the show. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was attributed as RY 10 Köln 1550, Milne 1921 so it should have the legend L ΔЄK-ATOV, but the legend is&nbsp; L TPI TOY, which I couldn&#039;t find for RY 10.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Have been spending days and a huge amount of hours trying to find the reverse legend; even started to think that maybe it was not a real one, when I had the idea of trying to find out what it meant. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to the forum ancient coins I found out yesterday night that L TPI TOY&nbsp; means &quot;of the year 3&quot; - but the story didn&#039;t end here, because I wanted to know the correct attribution and it is definitely not Köln 1550, Milne 1921. </p><p><br /></p><p>Couldn&#039;t find a single one in the data base of muenzen.uni-koeln.de nor in acsearch, so I searched in RPC and there it was: <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/114760" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/114760" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/114760</a> now i can rest assured <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I only have the picture of the reverse, with all this hassle of searching I hadn&#039;t had the peace of mind to take new pictures, I just have this one from the show.</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Drachm, Alexandria RY 3 = 139/140</p><p>22.26 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: ΑΥΤ(<span style="color: #808080">ΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ</span>) Κ(<span style="color: #808080">ΑΙΣΑΡ</span>) Τ(<span style="color: #808080">ΙΤΟΣ</span>) ΑΙΛ(<span style="color: #808080">ΙΟΣ</span>) <b>ΑΔΡ</b>(<span style="color: #808080">ΙΑΝΟΣ</span>) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟΣ ΣΕΒ(<span style="color: #808080">ΑΣΤΟΣ</span>) ΕΥΣ(ΕΒΗΣ) Antoninus Pius bare-headed bust to r. wearing cuirass and paludamentum, legend almost completely worn except for ΑΔΡ</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: L TPI / TOY Isis Pharia in chiton and blowing peplos, ornamented head, advancing r. left foot in front of her, holding billowing sail and sistrum.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, the sistrum is still present as a fundamental part of worship and religion in several regions of Africa. It remains a powerful symbol in Coptic and Ethiopian churches as well. (quoted from wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>On his first entry to the city, Augustus (of course I have to mention Augustus <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) declared a general amnesty for all Alexandrians and Egyptians. He did not take revenge, contrary to the ancient tradition when opening an opposing city, and refrained from allowing his soldiers to loot the city. Under Roman rule, Alexandrian citizenship was a privilege only granted by the Emperor himself.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1478167[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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