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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 6282716, member: 87200"]I have a bunch of Alexandrian coins which I have already shown and I don't have a hem-hem crown or Canopic jar yet - but I do have this Nerva type featuring a serpent with the skent crown, technically the white hedjet crown of upper Egypt combined with the deshret crown of lower Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nerva, A.D. 96-98</p><p><br /></p><p>Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS SEB AVT NEPOVAS</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent coiled with head right, holding caduceus and grain ear within coils, wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. In exergue, LA.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Milne 542, Dattari 638 (rare)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nervatet-jpg.1128972/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 6282716, member: 87200"]I have a bunch of Alexandrian coins which I have already shown and I don't have a hem-hem crown or Canopic jar yet - but I do have this Nerva type featuring a serpent with the skent crown, technically the white hedjet crown of upper Egypt combined with the deshret crown of lower Egypt. Nerva, A.D. 96-98 Type: Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 12.7 grams, mint of Alexandria year 96-97 A.D. Obverse: Bust of Nerva facing right, KAIS SEB AVT NEPOVAS Reverse: Agathodaemon serpent coiled with head right, holding caduceus and grain ear within coils, wearing the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. In exergue, LA. Reference: Milne 542, Dattari 638 (rare) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/nervatet-jpg.1128972/[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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