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EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (23mm, 13.23 g, 12h). Dated RY 6 (AD 142/3). Laureate head right / ΑΙⲰΝ, Phoenix, crowned with nimbus, standing right; L ς (date) across field. Köln 1424-5; Dattari (Savio) 2431; K&G 35.180; RPC IV. 4 Online 13506; Emmett 1419.6. Lightly toned. Near VF.
The word ΑΙⲰΝ means life or generation; 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. This tetradrachm type was initially minted in year 2 (AD 138/139), but was reintroduced again for year 6 of Pius' reign.
The word ΑΙⲰΝ means life or generation; 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. This tetradrachm type was initially minted in year 2 (AD 138/139), but was reintroduced again for year 6 of Pius' reign.