Coin Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

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Coin Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius

Roman; minted in Alexandria, EgyptLinkedCulture matchlcp-7c7847fdba74

Date
138-139
Medium
Billon
Culture
Egypt
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
62850

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Canopus, a port city in the Nile Delta, was famous for an ancient sanctuary dedicated to Osiris, god of vegetation and rebirth. His worship included a procession of his priests carrying jars filled with Nile water, the symbol of fertility. The jars, as depicted on this coin, were topped with the head of Osiris, here shown in profile, with an elaborate headdress. Emperor Antoninus Pius, who issued the coin, never set foot in Egypt, but he used this imagery to honor one of Egypt’s ancient traditions. The date this coin was struck is indicated in the back inscription " B ", which means the second year of the emperor's reign, or 138-139 CE. Antoninus Pius reigned as emperor from 138-161 CE.

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Gift of Robert L. Grover
Provenance
Robert L. Grover (1910-1998), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1981.

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