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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3922894, member: 57495"]Thanks for the two articles, Jochen. Regarding this one, I feel I'm a little more enlightened, but still rather more mystified. I suppose it is as you say a sophisticated subject. Sorry for the condition of the next coin, but I notice this writeup lacking one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034112[/ATTACH]<b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE Drachm. 16.68g, 32.6mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 21 (AD 157/8). Emmett 1593.21; RPC Online Temp #15227. O: Laureate head with traces of drapery right. R: Isis-Sothis seated facing, head right, holding cornucopia and long scepter, riding (Sirius or Sothis) dog right; the dog looking back at Isis; below, L KA (date).</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.1965)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] has one of these as well... I can't recall now how it looks, but she picked hers over mine, so I'm quite sure it's prettier. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3922894, member: 57495"]Thanks for the two articles, Jochen. Regarding this one, I feel I'm a little more enlightened, but still rather more mystified. I suppose it is as you say a sophisticated subject. Sorry for the condition of the next coin, but I notice this writeup lacking one. :shame: [ATTACH=full]1034112[/ATTACH][B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AE Drachm. 16.68g, 32.6mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 21 (AD 157/8). Emmett 1593.21; RPC Online Temp #15227. O: Laureate head with traces of drapery right. R: Isis-Sothis seated facing, head right, holding cornucopia and long scepter, riding (Sirius or Sothis) dog right; the dog looking back at Isis; below, L KA (date). [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.1965)[/I] [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] has one of these as well... I can't recall now how it looks, but she picked hers over mine, so I'm quite sure it's prettier. :D[/QUOTE]
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