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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24875986, member: 26430"]Nice Elagabalus Tetradrachms! (The OP coin & [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] 's.) Alexandrian coins are some of my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've shown several of my "Elagabaloi" from other Provincial mints on other posts (e.g., <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rare-provincial-captives-ae26-elagablus-nikopolis-rpc-hhj-wildwinds-plate-coin.406778/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rare-provincial-captives-ae26-elagablus-nikopolis-rpc-hhj-wildwinds-plate-coin.406778/">Nikopolis Captives</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tychaion-coins-in-3rd-c-near-east.409347/#post-24852459" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tychaion-coins-in-3rd-c-near-east.409347/#post-24852459">Laodicea Tychaion</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-620#post-8283936" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-620#post-8283936">Antioch Tetradrachm</a>, and maybe some others)....</p><p><br /></p><p>But I don't seem to have any from Alexandria (yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I <i>do</i> have this Sarapis from Alexandria, an Antoninus Pius Tetradrachm:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1596841[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Ex Giovanni Dattari (1853-1923) Collection; </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Robert L. Grover (1910-1998) Collection; </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Art Institute of Chicago (reference / accession number 1981.460), with tag; </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><a href="https://issuu.com/hjb-ancientcoins/docs/gemini_xiii" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/hjb-ancientcoins/docs/gemini_xiii" rel="nofollow">Gemini XIII</a> (Harlan J. Berk, cat. by Curtis Clay; 6 Apr 2017), Lot 460 (part of, not illustrated); </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Dattari-Savio (2007) Supplement, Pl. 14, No. 17 (this coin illustrated) </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">= <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/1658" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/1658" rel="nofollow">RPC Online IV.4 1658</a> (this coin cited in refs.).</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a somewhat different depiction of Sarapis (my newest) on a Drachm from Caria, Myndos, 2nd cent. BCE.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caria-myndos-drachm-karl-266-lanz-131-jpg.1591201/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">Ex <i>Sammlung</i> Laurent Bricault (1963-), <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3682024" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3682024" rel="nofollow">4030</a>; </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5"><i>Sammlung</i> Erich Karl (1924-2009), <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=339125" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=339125" rel="nofollow">266</a>; </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="5">this coin = <i>SNRIS</i> Myndus 02 (a6) = <a href="http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=2653" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=2653" rel="nofollow">HNO 2653.1</a> = (<i>probably</i>) Gorny 81 (3 Mar 1997), 342, cited in <a href="https://www.academia.edu/348167/The_Myndos_1996_Hoard_CH_9_522_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/348167/The_Myndos_1996_Hoard_CH_9_522_" rel="nofollow">Meadows & Zabel</a> (<i>Coin Hoards</i> IX, 522: pp. 248 n. 7 & 251).</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>He's sometimes described as Zeus, but given that he's wearing the atef / hemhem crown (and the headdress of Isis decorates the reverse), it must be Sarapis. During the Roman period, the preferred design showed Sarapis wearing a kalathos (the basket on his head on the Alexandrian coins above).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24875986, member: 26430"]Nice Elagabalus Tetradrachms! (The OP coin & [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] 's.) Alexandrian coins are some of my favorites. I've shown several of my "Elagabaloi" from other Provincial mints on other posts (e.g., [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/rare-provincial-captives-ae26-elagablus-nikopolis-rpc-hhj-wildwinds-plate-coin.406778/']Nikopolis Captives[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/tychaion-coins-in-3rd-c-near-east.409347/#post-24852459']Laodicea Tychaion[/URL], [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/follow-the-coin-theme-game-ancient-edition-post-%E2%80%98em-if-you-got-%E2%80%98em.300099/page-620#post-8283936']Antioch Tetradrachm[/URL], and maybe some others).... But I don't seem to have any from Alexandria (yet). However, I [I]do[/I] have this Sarapis from Alexandria, an Antoninus Pius Tetradrachm: [ATTACH=full]1596841[/ATTACH] [INDENT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]Ex Giovanni Dattari (1853-1923) Collection; Robert L. Grover (1910-1998) Collection; Art Institute of Chicago (reference / accession number 1981.460), with tag; [URL='https://issuu.com/hjb-ancientcoins/docs/gemini_xiii']Gemini XIII[/URL] (Harlan J. Berk, cat. by Curtis Clay; 6 Apr 2017), Lot 460 (part of, not illustrated); Dattari-Savio (2007) Supplement, Pl. 14, No. 17 (this coin illustrated) = [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4.4/1658']RPC Online IV.4 1658[/URL] (this coin cited in refs.).[/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] Below is a somewhat different depiction of Sarapis (my newest) on a Drachm from Caria, Myndos, 2nd cent. BCE. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caria-myndos-drachm-karl-266-lanz-131-jpg.1591201/[/IMG] [INDENT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]Ex [I]Sammlung[/I] Laurent Bricault (1963-), [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3682024']4030[/URL]; [I]Sammlung[/I] Erich Karl (1924-2009), [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=339125']266[/URL]; this coin = [I]SNRIS[/I] Myndus 02 (a6) = [URL='http://hno.huma-num.fr/browse?idType=2653']HNO 2653.1[/URL] = ([I]probably[/I]) Gorny 81 (3 Mar 1997), 342, cited in [URL='https://www.academia.edu/348167/The_Myndos_1996_Hoard_CH_9_522_']Meadows & Zabel[/URL] ([I]Coin Hoards[/I] IX, 522: pp. 248 n. 7 & 251).[/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] He's sometimes described as Zeus, but given that he's wearing the atef / hemhem crown (and the headdress of Isis decorates the reverse), it must be Sarapis. During the Roman period, the preferred design showed Sarapis wearing a kalathos (the basket on his head on the Alexandrian coins above).[/QUOTE]
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