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Coin Portraying Emperor Antoninus Pius
Description
The front (obverse) of this coin portrays Emperor Antoninus Pius, facing right, nude. The back (reverse) depicts Dikaiosyne standing slightly left, grain crown, girdled chiton, himation around and over shoulder and arm; she holds scales in an extended right arm, and a full cornucopia cradled in her left arm. The date this coin was struck is indicated in the inscription " L B ", which means the second year of the emperor's reign, or 138-139 CE. Antoninus Pius reigned as emperor from 138-161 CE.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Two views of a small metal coin showing a left-facing male portrait on the obverse and a standing emperor/deity-like figure on the reverse with a long scepter/rod and inscription-like letters.
The image presents a single coin photographed from two angles: left (obverse) and right (reverse). The obverse shows the head of a bearded man with short hair, facing left, surrounded by worn circular lettering. The reverse shows a full-figure standing subject in a long garment, holding an object in the right hand and what appears to be a long staff/scepter in the left, with additional symbols/letters around the upper sides. The inscriptions are too unclear to transcribe reliably. No Egyptian hieroglyphs are identifiable. The catalog title specifies a Roman emperor portrait (Antoninus Pius), and the general coin iconography is consistent, but the specific name/cartouche cannot be confirmed from the legible details in this image.
royal
Roman Imperial (2nd century CE), Antoninus Pius era (approx.)
good
Royals
Antoninus Pius (catalogued; not clearly readable in the image)
Materials
metal (billon; silver-copper alloy implied by catalogue)
Signs
inscription/letters around portrait (unreadable)
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
English description
Obverse: [AVT K T AIΛ AΔΡ] ANTΩNINOC C[EV CEB] Reverse: L B
Cross-references (1)
- ARTIC-id 62767 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Art Institute of Chicago (Egyptian).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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