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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 3359273, member: 36818&quot;][USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] Thank you for the information. According to Michaelis&#039;s classification, the three Serapis standing coins in my collection that I&#039;m sharing belong to Type 2. Although from your post I don&#039;t see that Michaelis has made a distinction between transverse scepter and scepter held away from the body.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, we have the how but not the why: why is Serapis represented in these different ways? Without the &quot;why&quot; the classifications are interesting but maybe they&#039;re just stylistic choices of individual engravers without any larger significance.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890133[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 213 CE; 3.29g. BMCRE 50, Hill 1359 (C), RIC 208a, RSC 211. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XVI – COS IIII P P; Serapis, wearing polos (RSC says modius), standing front, head l., raising r. hand and holding transverse scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]890134[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 216 CE; 3.19g. BMCRE 168, Hill 1532 (C), RIC 280c, RSC 348. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; laureate head r., Rx: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P; Serapis, wearing polos (RSC says modius), standing front, head l., raising r. hand and holding scepter.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Dieter Braun Collection.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>-----------------------------------</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]890136[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 216 CE; 19mm, 3.69g, 12h. BMCRE 168, Hill 1532 (C), RIC 280c, RSC 348. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; laureate head r., Rx: P M TR P XVIIII COS IIII P P; Serapis, wearing polos (RSC says modius), standing front, head l., raising r. hand and holding scepter.</p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i>-----------------------------------</i></i></p><p><i><i>[ATTACH=full]890137[/ATTACH] </i></i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 217 CE; 18mm, 2.89g, 7h. BMCRE 176, Hill 1568 (R4), RIC 291b (C), RSC 385. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XX — COS IIII P P; Serapis, wearing polos on head, seated l., holding uncertain object (corn ears?) and scepter. Very rare; 1 in Reka Devnia.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Laurent Bricault Collection of Isis and Serapis in Ancient Coinage.</i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p><i><i>-----------------------------------</i></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890135[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 215 CE; 21mm, 3.16g. BMCRE 125, Hill 1491 (R3), RIC 261a (S), RSC 299. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM; laureate head r. Rx: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P; Pluto/Serapis, wearing polos (RSC says modius), seated l., on stool, holding scepter, and extending r. hand toward Cerberus at his feet. Rare; 3 in Reka Devnia.</p><p><br /></p><p>This type for Caracalla was present on antoninianii in both the Arnold (lot 119) and Kelly collections (lot 1251, first of two coins). However, both collections lacked examples of the Pluto type on denarii. Reverse die link to Naumann 58, 1 October 2017, lot 482 (realized hammer €260).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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