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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 4986290, member: 56859&quot;]A <i>spectacular</i> coin, AJ!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have two of the more common individual zodiac signs from the Alexandrian series issued under Antoninus Pius.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_ccb3d403b9d74f29a7a8e0fe316bd9b7%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=aaf75d580912863bf3740eb69afbd743" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 8, 144/5 CE</p><p>AE drachm, 33 mm, 22.9 gm, Zodiac series, &quot;Venus in Taurus&quot;</p><p>Obv: Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev: bull butting left; above, diademed and draped bust of Aphrodite left; star before her; L H (date) in exergue</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1450.8</p><p><br /></p><p>I searched CT so I could copy and paste my Leo drachm but found I&#039;d never posted it! I bought at least a couple of years ago <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-zodiac-leo-rt-jpg.948419/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 8, 144/5 CE</p><p>AE drachm, 32 mm, 22.43 gm, Zodiac series, Helios in Leo</p><p>Obv: Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev: Helios (Sun) in Leo: Lion leaping right; above, radiate and draped bust of Helios and six-pointed star; [L H below]</p><p>Ref: Köln 1495-6; Dattari (Savio) 2968; K&amp;G 35.278; Emmett 1530.8</p><p><i>Ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind</i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=228597" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=228597" rel="nofollow">A CNG blurb about A-Pi&#039;s Zodiac series</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria saw an immense output of coinage during the eighth year of Antoninus Pius’s reign. The Zodiac drachms, mythological types, and a host of issues for the nomes appeared that year. One explanation for this activity centers on the celebration of the renewal of the Great Sothic cycle, the point when the star Sothis (Sirius) rises on the same point on the horizon as the sun. This cycle of 1461 years began early in the reign of Pius in AD 139, and apparently prompted a renewal in the ancient Egyptian religion, while the coin types also stressed the connections to the Greco-Roman Pantheon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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