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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.28 g, 12h). Dated RY 2 (AD 138/139). Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / AI ωN, phoenix standing right; L B (date) across lower field. Köln 1290; Dattari (Savio) 2431; K&G 35.2 var. (with aegis); Emmett 1419.2. VF, attractive find patina with some light verdigris.
From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930's.
AD 139 marked the renewal of the Great Sothic Cycle, a cycle of 1461 years beginning when the star Sothis (Sirius) rises on the same point on the horizon as the sun.
From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930's.
AD 139 marked the renewal of the Great Sothic Cycle, a cycle of 1461 years beginning when the star Sothis (Sirius) rises on the same point on the horizon as the sun.