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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7851191, member: 75937&quot;]Alexandrian bronzes are cool! I completely understand why Dattari was fascinated by them. That coin has a lot of eye appeal, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have lots of coins of Serapis, most of them with <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/depictions-of-serapis-in-antiquity.332760/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/depictions-of-serapis-in-antiquity.332760/">him standing</a>. However, this one has his head, so it&#039;s a bit like yours in that respect. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-and-serapis-dionysopolis-hygeia-jpg.1281014/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><font size="3">Gordian III, AD 238-244.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion, 12.49 g, 26.6 mm, 7 h.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Moesia Inferior, Dionysopolis, AD 238-241.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Obv: AVT K M (below)/ANTWNIOC ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III, right, facing draped bust of Serapis, left, wearing modius.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Rev: ΔΙΟΝVCΟΠ-ΟΛΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from a patera; E in lower left field.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Refs: Varbanov 559; AMNG I 395 var.; BMC 3, p.24, 4; Mionnet Suppl 2, 82; Moushmov 133; SNG Budapest 31; Jekov 49; SNRIS Dionysopolis 12.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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