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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3954522, member: 57495&quot;]Always happy to dust off the ol’ Nilometer. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-drachm-nilometer-2092-jpg.915243/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 21.28g, 32.3mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 17 (AD 153-154). RPC 14929 (<i>this coin cited</i>). Dattari-Savio Pl. 141, 2763 (<i>this coin</i>). O: Laureate head right. R: Nilus, with crocodile beside him, reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia from which issues Genius holding wreath; to left, a domed Nilometer inscribed Iς (for 16 cubits), in front of which stands a Genius; L-IZ (date) in field.</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And another favorite, a Nilus and Euthenia.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antoninus-pius-drachm-lot-nilus-euthenia-jpg.997170/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 26.83g, 33.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 5 = AD 141/2. Emmett 1628 (R3); Dattari 2776; RPC Online 14830. O: Laureate head right. R: Nilus seated right on rocks upon which a crocodile climbs, Alexandria-Euthenia wearing elephant-skin headdress standing left, holding corn ears and sistrum; [L E] in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1981.413)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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