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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Egypt| > RX87439
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
|Roman| |Egypt|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt|, The year 150 A.D. is the approximate date of completion of Ptolemy's Geography, the first atlas, as well as Almagest, Ptolemy's monumental work. The geocentric cosmology he proposed held sway for 1,400 years.
RX87439. Bronze drachm, Dattari-Savio 8340; Kampmann-Ganschow 35.432; Geissen 1598 var. (laureate); BMC Alexandria p. 120, 1034 var. (same); Emmett 1472/12; SNG Cop -, Fair, attractive for the grade, edge split, Alexandria mint, weight 23.633g, maximum diameter 34.4mm, die axis 0o, 29 Aug 149 - 28 Aug 150 A.D.; obverse AVT K T AIΛ AΔP ANTWNINOC CEB EVC (or similar), bare-headed draped bust right; reverse L ΔWΔEKATOY (year 12), Athena standing half left, wearing helmet, chiton with diplois and aegis, holding Nike offering wreath in right hand, resting left hand on grounded shield behind, no spear, wearing aegis and chiton; big 34 mm bronze, ex Moneta Numismatic Services; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

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ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPCOSIIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPIMPII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRP
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXI
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXIIII
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ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXVI
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXVII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXVIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXVIIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXX
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXXI
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXXII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXXIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXXIIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPCOSII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPCOSIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPCOSIIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXI
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXIII
ANTONINVSAVGPIVSPPTRPXIIII
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