Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius & Marcus Aurelius, 138-161. Tetradrachm (Billon, 23.71 mm, 11.77 g). Dated RY 7 (= 143/4). ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ ϹΕΒ ΕΥϹΕΒ Laureate head right. Rev. [Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙϹ] ΚΑΙϹ[ΑΡ] Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius (youthful) wearing cuirass and paludamentum right; [L Ζ] (date). Geissen 1423. Dattari-Savio 8040 (this coin). RPC IV.4, 660/11 (this coin, illustrated). BMC Suppl. 3043. Emmett 1406. Cf. Savio A., Tetradrammmi alessandrini, pp. 82-86. Very Fine. Rare. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 8040, Il Cairo. Ex Savoca, Milano, 17.01.1978. This, like other tetradrachms, is dedicated to the dynastic propaganda curated by Antoninus Pius through the recurrent presentation on the reverse of the coins, of the portrait of the young Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, together with his own. It should be noted that Lucius Verus, although adopted by Antoninus Pius, did not receive the same treatment on the sovereign's coins as Marcus Aurelius.