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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5143472, member: 57495"]Great coin, thought-provoking and informative writeup, and super cool photograph of that Nilus sculpture from the Vatican Museum!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a Year 13 example as well, not as nice as yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207374[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 21.39g, 33.7mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 13 (AD 149/150). Emmett 1621.13; Dattari 2772; RPC Online Temp 13673. O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹ, Laureate bust wearing paludamentum, right. R: Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a genius who crowns Nilus with a wreath; L TPICKA to left, Iς (for 16 cubits), crocodile below.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.1977) </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, Curtis, your coin is listed as #11 in the RPC Online database for <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13673" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13673" rel="nofollow">this entry</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a seated "on the rocks" example, not listed for this date in Emmett; RPC Online has 2 examples, and references 2 others from the Dattari collection, including this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1207373[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 25.29g, 35mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 4 (AD 140/1). Emmett 1617 (<i>unlisted for this date</i>); Dattari-Savio pl. 139, 8615 (<i>this coin</i>); RPC Online temp #15523 (<i>this coin referenced</i>). O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐΥС СƐΒ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: Nilus seated left, on rocks upon which crocodile climbs, holding reed and cornucopiae; L Δ in upper field.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.444); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting take! The little buggers being symbolic representations of the cubit measure, I think the main takeaways of a person viewing the sculpture would be "Nilus" and "16 cubits." Likewise, I imagine the main message on the coins was the all-important 16-cubit measurement rather than the literal 16 pekheis around the sculpture, though I don't see any reason why it can't also be a reference to the sculpture itself. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if Emmett surveyed public collections as well as sale records, but RPC Online <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6250" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6250" rel="nofollow">here</a> has a fair number of your type listed and pictured, including the Staffieri example. Regarding "seated" vs "reclining", from what I can see, only on the "seated" examples can you always see Nilus's left leg distinctly bent at the knee under the folds of his robe. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1 in Emmett is actually the most common rating, with 5 being rarest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5143472, member: 57495"]Great coin, thought-provoking and informative writeup, and super cool photograph of that Nilus sculpture from the Vatican Museum! I have a Year 13 example as well, not as nice as yours. [ATTACH=full]1207374[/ATTACH][B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AE Drachm. 21.39g, 33.7mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 13 (AD 149/150). Emmett 1621.13; Dattari 2772; RPC Online Temp 13673. O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ ƐVϹ, Laureate bust wearing paludamentum, right. R: Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which emerges a genius who crowns Nilus with a wreath; L TPICKA to left, Iς (for 16 cubits), crocodile below. [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.1977) [/I] Incidentally, Curtis, your coin is listed as #11 in the RPC Online database for [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13673']this entry[/URL]. Here's a seated "on the rocks" example, not listed for this date in Emmett; RPC Online has 2 examples, and references 2 others from the Dattari collection, including this one: [ATTACH=full]1207373[/ATTACH] [B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AE Drachm. 25.29g, 35mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 4 (AD 140/1). Emmett 1617 ([I]unlisted for this date[/I]); Dattari-Savio pl. 139, 8615 ([I]this coin[/I]); RPC Online temp #15523 ([I]this coin referenced[/I]). O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС ƐΥС СƐΒ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: Nilus seated left, on rocks upon which crocodile climbs, holding reed and cornucopiae; L Δ in upper field. [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.444); ex Giovanni Dattari Collection[/I] Interesting take! The little buggers being symbolic representations of the cubit measure, I think the main takeaways of a person viewing the sculpture would be "Nilus" and "16 cubits." Likewise, I imagine the main message on the coins was the all-important 16-cubit measurement rather than the literal 16 pekheis around the sculpture, though I don't see any reason why it can't also be a reference to the sculpture itself. I don't know if Emmett surveyed public collections as well as sale records, but RPC Online [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/6250']here[/URL] has a fair number of your type listed and pictured, including the Staffieri example. Regarding "seated" vs "reclining", from what I can see, only on the "seated" examples can you always see Nilus's left leg distinctly bent at the knee under the folds of his robe. 1 in Emmett is actually the most common rating, with 5 being rarest.[/QUOTE]
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