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Coin Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

145

Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

Egypt

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the emperor Antoninus Pius, facing right and wearing a crown of laurels.

On the back (reverse), the god Serapis is depicted wearing a type of headdress called a modius, which is ornamented with laurels.

Billon

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium