★ Ex Art Institute of Chicago ★

EGYPT, Alexandria: Antoninus Pius (138-161), billon tetradrachm, issued 147/8. 12.62g, 23.8mm.
Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: L ENDEKATOV (regnal year 11 = 147/8), Roma seated on cuirass left, holding spear and Nike. (Festivals to celebrate the 900th anniversary of Rome started when this coin was issued.)
Dattari 2331; Emmett 1425.11; RPC Online 13611 (12 spec.)
From the zumbly collection, Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (accession #1981.500). "Grover approached coins as primary sources: as political propaganda by Roman emperors, as reflections of the religions of the day, and as historical documents picturing structures destroyed in antiquity. The collection was catalogued by Theresa Gross-Diaz in the early 1980s.” (from Karen B. Alexander [2012] “From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago.”