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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dirk D, post: 3132410, member: 71933&quot;][ATTACH=full]799110[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]799112[/ATTACH] </p><p>Antoninus Pius</p><p>Egypt, Alexandria, 142-143 AD. Tetradrachm, BI, 13.40 gr.</p><p>Obv.:CЄB ЄVCЄB ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟC; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of</p><p>Antoninus Pius to the right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΙѠΝ; Radiate, nimbate phoenix standing to the right; across field: Lς (date = RY 6).</p><p>Dattari (Savio) 2432. Acquired from Seaby, London in 1975.</p><p><br /></p><p>139 AD marked the renewal of the Great Sothic Cycle, a cycle of 1461 years beginning when the star Sothis (Sirius) rises on the same point on the horizon as the sun. This tetradrachm type was initially minted in year 2 (AD 138/139), but was then reintroduced for year 6 of Pius&#039; reign.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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