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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Macromius, post: 4959741, member: 90772&quot;]Please forgive me for changing the subject of this wonderful thread, slightly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although the subject of the<i> first</i> &quot;Isis nursing an infant&quot; coin is fascinating, I am astonished at how long this Isis image persisted on Roman coins even into the Christian period. Has anyone out there got one of these?! I think there is only a few late festival of Isis coins on Vcoins at pretty high prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plate from Afoldi&#039;s A festival of Isis in Rome PDF. (Highly Recommended.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192313[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1192314[/ATTACH]</p><p>I have long wondered about this corroded old thing. The frontality of the figure in the chair seems wrong for an Egyptian drachm. I paid 8 dollars for this and frankly thought it was a fantasy or retooled religious medal. The flip said Faustina, Smyrna on it. I don&#039;t think so...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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