Help with Antoninus Pius Alexandrian tetradrachm

[tjaart]

Hi all,

I recently purchased this tetradrachm and I am having trouble getting a proper attribution. I know it is Antoninus Pius with Elpis? standing left. What bugs me is that I can't figure out which year it is based on the reverse legend. According to Emmett, Antoninus's obverse title only ended in NOC in years 3-5. Does this make it a variation of Emmett 1383?

Could anyone help me out?

Thanks!!
Tjaart

[TRPOT]

I don't have Emmet but I do have Milne, though I'm not great at using it.

I think your coin may be Milne 1938

obv:
ANT :Greek_omega_small:INOC C :Greek_epsilon:B :Greek_epsilon:VC :Greek_epsilon:B
laureate head, r.

rev:
L :Greek_epsilon:N   :Greek_epsilon:KATOV
Elpis stg. l

Year 11

meh... Greek letters not working right for me

ANTWNINOC CEBEVCEB

LEN DEKATOV

something like that, but the W is actually 

[tjaart]

Thanks TRPOT, but I have my doubts.

If you look at the obverse legend, my eyes tell me it ends in -NOC whereas your attribution end in -CEB. Thus it seems to place my coin in year 3-5 of his reign. But all the results I found online have the reverse legend in the following format:

LEN  EKATOV with the  between Elpis's arm and her head,

where mine is

LEN  :Greek_Delta:EKATOV (same as the one you posted) without the space between the and EKATOV and the legend only starting after Elpis's head.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!
Tjaart

[TRPOT]

The obverse reads down the right side first, then up the left side, according to Milne, so the obverse doesn't really end with NOC.

[iwaniw]

Tjaart:

The obverse is Milne type k2. Milne doesn't have the same matching reverse inscription placing with this obverse type: Milne 1946 obverse/ Milne 1938 reverse (I can not tell if there is a dot after the L-- if so then Milne 1945 reverse).

TRPOT's comments on the inscription are correct.

Iwaniw

[tjaart]

Thanks for the explanations, Iwaniw and TRPOT. I appreciate it a lot. I think it is time for me to acquire a copy of Milne as well...

Thanks again!

Tjaart

[TRPOT]

Just so you know, the obverse type that iwaniw corrected me on has the same legend that I listed. The difference is in the bust type. (bust r., laureate, wearing  cloak and cuirass, shown from the rear). I fully agree with his attribution. It is a variant unlisted in Milne. Perhaps you can find it in Emmett if you look. (I don't know. I don't have that book and, in fact, have never seen it either)

It is still year 11

[tjaart]

Thanks TRPOT. Just ordered myself a copy of Milne to study a bit. It's quite exciting to have an unlisted coin

Tjaart