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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3357959, member: 82549&quot;]I believe this type is more accurately described as &quot;Serapis, facing left, throwing Frisbee.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Wasn&#039;t Serapis a pre-Christian example of a God being resurrected from the dead? If I heard correctly, he was killed and his body dismembered, yet he somehow came back to life whole again. Could that be why he is often depicted as just a head?</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/34.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Constantine I (&quot;the Great&quot;), A.D. 307-337</p><p>Cyzicus mint, A.D. 311-312</p><p>RIC 92, var.</p><p>Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: SOLE IN-VICTO - Sol, radiate, wearing long robe and holding head of Serapis</p><p>MKV in exergue; Γ in left field</p><p>22 mm, 5.4 g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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