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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3356990, member: 75937&quot;]Adolf Michaelis* has classified the way Serapis has been depicted in a standing pose into the following groupings, using the evidence of statuettes, reliefs, and mainly Alexandrian coins of the earlier Imperial period:</p><p><br /></p><p>FIRST TYPE: scepter and altar beside. While I don&#039;t have an example of this type in my collection, it is exemplified by <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127243" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=127243" rel="nofollow">this Æ Drachm of Caracalla from Alexandria</a> sold by CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]889192[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>SECOND TYPE: right hand raised and also with scepter. This figure, best exemplified by the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/8178555135" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/8178555135" rel="nofollow">bronze in the Museo Archeologico, Florence</a>, was popular in the Empire, especially on coins of the third Century. I have a couple of examples of this type in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]889176[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, with Tranquillina, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion; 26.1 mm, 13.33 g, 6 h.</p><p>Thrace, Odessos, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CЄ | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ|ΛЄΙΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left.</p><p>Rev: ΟΔΗC - CЄΙΤΩΝ, Sarapis wearing kalathos, standing left, extending arm and holding scepter; E (denomination) in left field.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1696; Moushmov 1696; Varbanov 4599; SNRIS Odessus 15 (a9).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]889177[/ATTACH]</p><p>Philip I and Otacilia Severa, AD 244-249.</p><p>Roman Provincial Æ Pentassarion; 12.53 g, 27 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, Legate Prastina Messallinus, AD 244-246.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Μ ΙΟVΛ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟC ΑVΓ Μ | WΤΑΚ CЄΒ-ΗΡΑ CЄ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Philip I right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Otacilia left.</p><p>Rev: VΠ ΠΡΑCΤ ΜΕCCΑΛΛΕΙΝΟV ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟ | ΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Sarapis wearing kalathos, standing left, extending arm and holding scepter; E (denomination) in left field.</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1194; Moushmov 852; Varbanov 2082 (die match); Hristova &amp; Jekov 6.41.6.1; SNRIS Marcianopolis 75.</p><p><br /></p><p>THIRD TYPE: left arm raised, right hanging down. While not found on coins, this type, known mainly from bronze statuettes in Dresden and Berlin, seems to be a variant of the first type and represents its statuary counterpart.</p><p><br /></p><p>FOURTH TYPE: On a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2624448" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2624448" rel="nofollow">billion Tetradrachm of Tranquillina</a> sold by Heritage auctions, Serapis holds the scepter in the right instead of the left hand, the left arm being enveloped in the cloak:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]889186[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>FIFTH TYPE: Serapis standing with <i>patera</i> in right hand, cornucopia in left, a type found in several media including paintings from Pompeii. I have one example in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]889189[/ATTACH]</p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244, and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ (tetrassarion?), 11.72 g, 25.5 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Anchialos, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ꜸΓ CЄB | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ | ΛEΙΝΑ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, left.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Serapis standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and holding patera and inward-facing cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: AMNG II (Strack) 650; Varbanov 726; SNRIS Anchialos 14; Moushmov --; SNG Cop --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your coins depicting Serapis!</p><p><br /></p><p>~~~</p><p><br /></p><p>*Adolf Michaelis, &quot;Serapis Standing on A(n) Xanthian Marble in the British Museum&quot;, <i>JHS</i> VI, 1885, p. 287ff. Available online from JSTOR (subscription required) <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/623403?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/623403?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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