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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3221423, member: 57495&quot;]Neat coin, Pellinore!&nbsp; These twin Nemeseis (of Smyrna) seem to have really gotten around.&nbsp; Here they are on an A-Pi drachm, flanking Apollo Didymeus.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t dug up anything on why this type was used at Alexandria, and apparently only for a few years during Pius&#039;s reign.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]838766[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 24.25g, 33.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 10 = AD 146/7. RPC Online temp 13590; Emmett 1457; Dattari Savio 8311-12. O: ΑVΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝƐΙΝΟС СƐΒ ƐVС, laureate head right. R: Apollo Didymeus (of Miletus) standing, facing, holding stag and bow, tripod at feet; between the Nemeseis of Smyrna, one on right holding cubit-rule; L ΔƐΚΑΤΟV in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Dr Walter Neussel Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>The twin Nemeseis type I would love to have is <a href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2717&amp;category=57181&amp;lot=2297519" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2717&amp;category=57181&amp;lot=2297519" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, which has an amazing reverse that shows the goddesses gossiping over a sleeping Alexander the Great.&nbsp; You can just imagine them going, &quot;<i>Huh... I thought he would be taller</i>.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]838767[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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