Antoninus Pius. Drachm

Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD, Alexandria, Egypt, 154/5AD (Year 18), Drachm, 22.90g. Dattari-8771-2, Geissen-1749. Obv: AY TI AI ΑΔΡ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟC ΕΥC CΕΒ Laureate, draped bust right. Rx: L IH Tyche-Euthenia standing facing, her head to left, holding grain ears in her right hand and a rudder in her left; to left, forepart of a grain transport ship to right, below which, Thalassa reclining to right; to right, galley-stern, below which, Nilus reclining to left, crowned with lotus and holding a rudder with his right hand. This coin covers many aspects of what went on in Alexandria. aVF / VF