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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Antoninus Pius| > RX39435
Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt, Zodiac Series - Mercury in Gemini
|Antoninus| |Pius|, |Antoninus| |Pius,| |August| |138| |-| |7| |March| |161| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt,| |Zodiac| |Series| |-| |Mercury| |in| |Gemini|, This coin is from the Zodiac series issued during year eight of the reign of Antoninus Pius, described by Emmett as "one of the more remarkable iconographic programs in the entire scope of Greek or Roman coinage. One of the mysteries of this series is that in place of the Dioscouri (Gemini) we find Herakles and Apollo as the celestial twins.
RX39435. Bronze drachm, Dattari 2962; SGCV II 4420; BMC Alexandria -; Geissen --; Milne -; SNG Cop -; Emmett 1576 (R3), aF, Alexandria mint, weight 18.311g, maximum diameter 33.2mm, die axis 0o, 29 Aug 144 - 28 Aug 145 A.D.; obverse AVT K T AIL ADR ANTWNINO CEY C, laureate head right; reverse Bust of Hermes (Mercury) with star above small caduceus before; flanked by Herakles, holding club and lion's skin, and Apollo, holding harp, as the celestial twins (Gemini), LH (year 8) in central field; rare; SOLD











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