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Lot # 362
Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.21 mm, 13.49 g). Dated RY 5 (= 141/2). [ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹ]ΕΒ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Laureate head right. Rev. Artemis advancing right, drawing arrow from quiver at shoulder, holding bow, at her feet dog; L-Ε across field. Dattari-Savio 2152 (this coin). Geissen 1366. Milne 1704. RPC IV.4, 357.8 (this coin, + ill.). Emmett 1362. Cf. Savio A., Tetradrammi alessandrini, pp.82-86. Weakness and light porosity. Good Very Fine. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection, Il Cairo, 2152. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 40, 27.05. 2018, lot 395. The depiction of Artemis-Diana on the reverse of the tetradrachm corresponds to the canonical representation of the huntress deity that we find on several mint coins of the classical and Hellenistic worlds, very different from that of the Ephesian Artemis. A review of these images can be found on Imhoof-Blumer, F.- Gardiner, P., A Numismata Commentary on Pausanias, reprint from the Journal of Hellenistic Studies 1885-1887, London, 1887.