Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Tetradrachm (Billon, 25.0 mm, 11.53 g). Dated RY 2 (= 138/9). AYT K T AIΛ AΔP ANΤωNINOC ΕYCEB Draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. ETO YC Canopus of Osiris with feather crown on cushions, right; B (date) to right. Dattari-Savio 2181. RPC IV.4, 15. Emmett 1373. Geissen 1285-6. BMC 992 & suppl. 2967. Cfr. Savio, Tetrardammi alessandrini, pp. 82-86. Toned. Minor porosity. Very Fine.

Ex ArtCoins Roma 4, 05.12. 2011, lot 99.

This tetradrachm with on reverse Osiris canopic jar (cfr. also nr. 70 of this collection), has been issued, only during the second reign of Antoninus Pius, 138-139 AD, corresponding in the Egyptioan calendar with the end, respectively the beginning of a "sothic period" of 1461 years, falling on 20 June 139 AD , cfr. Staffieri, G. M. , Isis-Demetra-Sothis nella monetazione alessandrina, in "annotazioni numismatiche" nr. 30, June 1998, pp. 693-697, Milano, 1998.