Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 34.85 mm, 23.36 g). Dated RY 2 (= 138/9). [ΑΥΤ Κ Τ] ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ] ΑΝ[ΤⲰΝΙΝΟϹ ЄΥϹЄΒ] Bare-headed and draped bust right. Rev. Nilus seated left on rocks, holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae in his left; L / B (date) in upper left field. Dattari-Savio 8611 (this coin). RPC IV. 4, 81/10 (this coin, illustrated). Emmett 1616 (not this year). Geissen 1306. Good Fine. Rare year of the reign. Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection 8611, Il Cairo. Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd. 44, 04.11. 2018, lot 295. A very rare drachm minted in the significant Alexandrian Sothic year corresponding to the second of the reign of Antoninus Pius (138 139 AD) with on the obverse a realistic bare-headed portrait of the Emperor and on the reverse an imposing Nilus to the left seated on a mound of rocks and bearing his canonical symbols: the papyrus branch, the lotus flowers and the cornucopia. Cf. Staffieri G.M., I ritratti senza corona sui bronzi imperiali Alessandrini, in, XV International Numismatic Congress, Taormina 2015 - Proocedings- vol. II, pp 788-789. Rome-Messina, 2017.