★ Ex Art Institute of Chicago ★

EGYPT, Alexandria: Antoninus Pius (138-161), AE Drachm, issued 147/8 23.07g, 35.2mm.
Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Nilus seated left, on rocks upon which crocodile climbs, holding reed and cornucopiae from which Genius issues holding wreath; Iς (for 16 cubits) above, L ENDEKATOV around (regnal year 11 = 147/8).
Emmett 1617.11; Dattari 2731; RPC Online 13622.
From the zumbly collection, Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (accession #1982.1973). "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coins as primary sources: as political propaganda by Roman emperors, as reflections of the religions of the day, and as historical documents picturing structures destroyed in antiquity.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.”