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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8281525, member: 75937"][MEDIA=youtube]J91ti_MpdHA[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes. ON FIRE. For real!</p><p><br /></p><p>Good morning, everybody! Do I have a tale to tell you! This is a coin I never thought I'd hold in my hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462688[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Faustina II, AD 147-175.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Roman provincial Æ drachm, 24.36 g, 35.4 mm, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Egypt, Alexandria, AD 151/52 (year 15).</font></p><p><font size="3"> Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝ CЄΒ CЄΒ ЄVCЄΒ ΘVΓ, draped bust, right, wearing circlet of pearls around head.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Rev: Monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta; L – IЄ (year 15) to either side.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Refs: RPC IV.4 <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" rel="nofollow">14749</a> (temp); Köln <a href="https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en" rel="nofollow">1961</a>; Dattari 3305-06; K&G 38.69; Emmett 1971.15; Sear –.</font></p><p><font size="3"> Note: Some authors identify the altar on the reverse as the altar of Agathodaimon.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>I purchased the coin at Auctiones GmbH e-Auction 74 (<a href="https://www.auctiones.ch/browse.html?auction=76&lot=23378" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.auctiones.ch/browse.html?auction=76&lot=23378" rel="nofollow">lot 38</a>) on December 12. And tracking the item, it arrived at the ISC in NYC on December 16, was sent to Queens on Dec. 17, and then to Jersey City on Dec. 18. And then it vanished. I put in a missing mail search request on January 18, figuring there had been a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got an update in February from the USPS saying they couldn't find it, but the case was still active. The post office sent another notice in March, saying they still couldn't find it, but they were still looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>I gave up on it – more than three months had passed – but lo and behold! THIS arrived last Friday!! It was all scorched and smelled of smoke!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462689[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462690[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The invoice was burned, and the cardboard mailer was stained.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462692[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462691[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But the coin envelope itself was undamaged, as was the coin!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462693[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Hooray! Faustina escaped the flames!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media0.giphy.com/media/hNmpKyRXESKU8/giphy.gif?cid=790b76113dc057c63b8caeb858a0a75b3e4d497868c507fd&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure what happened, whether it was in an actual fire or it sustained friction burns from a conveyor belt from being stuck in a mail-sorting machine.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>About the coin and its reverse type</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Some numismatists identify the structure on the reverse as the Altar of Agathodaimon.[1, 2] Others have interpreted it as "the temple complex from Caesarea with a representation of Mount Argaeus behind."[3] If the image on this reverse type represents an actual architectural structure, it has been lost to the sands of time. A <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22altar+of+agathodaimon%22&sxsrf=APq-WBtTBKijkvIhJw75wXe6yPtR6DRhfA%3A1648389091951&ei=42tAYvfZOa3J0PEP4K29iAs&ved=0ahUKEwi315vyt-b2AhWtJDQIHeBWD7EQ4dUDCA0&oq=%22altar+of+agathodaimon%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBwgjEK4CECc6BwgjELADECc6BAgjECdKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQgwlYuBJgrR9oAXAAeACAAT6IAbYBkgEBM5gBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22altar+of+agathodaimon%22&sxsrf=APq-WBtTBKijkvIhJw75wXe6yPtR6DRhfA%3A1648389091951&ei=42tAYvfZOa3J0PEP4K29iAs&ved=0ahUKEwi315vyt-b2AhWtJDQIHeBWD7EQ4dUDCA0&oq=%22altar+of+agathodaimon%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBwgjEK4CECc6BwgjELADECc6BAgjECdKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQgwlYuBJgrR9oAXAAeACAAT6IAbYBkgEBM5gBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz" rel="nofollow">Google search for "altar of Agathodaimon"</a> yields nothing outside of the numismatic literature. A search for <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&sxsrf=APq-WBvYjLXmcL8hwDd98KPbBW0Zy_0Ntw%3A1648389110302&ei=9mtAYqeIEv7a0PEPusehuAc&ved=0ahUKEwin2_v6t-b2AhV-LTQIHbpjCHcQ4dUDCA0&oq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwIyBQghEKsCMgUIIRCrAjoKCCMQrgIQsAMQJzoICAAQCBAHEB46BQgAEIYDSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAULIbWJYkYM87aAJwAHgAgAFliAGGBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&sxsrf=APq-WBvYjLXmcL8hwDd98KPbBW0Zy_0Ntw%3A1648389110302&ei=9mtAYqeIEv7a0PEPusehuAc&ved=0ahUKEwin2_v6t-b2AhV-LTQIHbpjCHcQ4dUDCA0&oq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwIyBQghEKsCMgUIIRCrAjoKCCMQrgIQsAMQJzoICAAQCBAHEB46BQgAEIYDSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAULIbWJYkYM87aAJwAHgAgAFliAGGBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz" rel="nofollow">"temple of Agathodaimon"</a> is only slightly more productive. It identified only a non-relevant citation in a book by Corbin and a single <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oIdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&source=bl&ots=yjzUKbrzi9&sig=ACfU3U2XeTAfW13Ujn6GWawHr_l6ahVLIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7m8-duOb2AhWwGTQIHX3FA-EQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=%22temple%20of%20agathodaimon%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oIdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&source=bl&ots=yjzUKbrzi9&sig=ACfU3U2XeTAfW13Ujn6GWawHr_l6ahVLIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7m8-duOb2AhWwGTQIHX3FA-EQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=%22temple%20of%20agathodaimon%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">relevant citation</a>: a brief mention in <i>The Classical Review</i>[4] of a "temple of Agathodaimon" in Alexandria in a German antiquarian publication from 1900.[5] There is no mention of either a Temple of Agathodaimon or Altar of Agathodaimon in Alexandria or its environs in a rather comprehensive review article about Agathodaimon in Greco-Egyptian religion by João Feliciano.[6] Therefore, it is far from clear that this temple of Agathodaimon in Alexandria mentioned in an obscure German journal in 1900 is that depicted on the reverse of this coin type. <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" rel="nofollow"><i>Roman Provincial Coins</i> online</a> is appropriately reluctant to identify the structure on the reverse of this and similar coins, describing it as a "monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar."[7]</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, there is confusion about the various images on the reverse. The descriptions in various dealers' listings,[8] as well as Geissen and Weiser,[9] describe the structure in the center on top of the structure as a "pyre of burning pinecones," but at least one source has suggested it represents a figure of Mt. Argaeus in Caesarea.[10] There is a little more consistency in the description of the structure's acroteria. Almost all sources describe them as aphlasta.[11] Our own [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-antoninus-pius-drachm-the-caesareum-of-alexandria.249535/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-antoninus-pius-drachm-the-caesareum-of-alexandria.249535/">researched this issue several years ago</a> and some of his sources identified them as coiled serpents or winged serpents.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm afraid I have had nothing to contribute to the state of numismatic knowledge of these coins and default to the description of the reverse type in RPC. Moreover, I shall not discuss Agathodaimon at all, since it is uncertain whether this coin has anything whatsoever to do with this deity and I'd have nothing to say that [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] has not said more thoroughly or eloquently in her <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-an-agathodaemon.383883/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-an-agathodaemon.383883/">post about it here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Let's see your coins that were in packages damaged or delayed by the post office, coins with the "Altar of Agathodaimon" reverse type, big bronze Alexandrian drachms of Faustina the Younger, or anything you feel is relevant!</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>~~~</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. Emmett, Keith. <i>Alexandrian Coins</i>. Clio's Cabinet, 2001, nos. 1971-72 and pl. 4,8; pp. 87, 313, 319.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Geissen, Angelo, and Wolfram Weiser. <i>Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen Der Sammlung Des Instituts Für Altertumskunde Der Universität Zu Köln. Hadrian-Antoninus Pius Nr. 741-1994</i>. 1974, sv. no. <a href="https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en" rel="nofollow">1961</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. "Roman Temples." <i>Forum Ancient Coins</i>, <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/lateromancoinage/temples.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/lateromancoinage/temples.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/lateromancoinage/temples.html</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. Nutt, D., <i>ed.</i> "Summaries of Periodicals." <i>The Classical Review</i>, Vol 14, 1900, p. 476. Online <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oIdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&source=bl&ots=yjzUKbrzi9&sig=ACfU3U2XeTAfW13Ujn6GWawHr_l6ahVLIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7m8-duOb2AhWwGTQIHX3FA-EQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=%22temple%20of%20agathodaimon%22&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oIdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&source=bl&ots=yjzUKbrzi9&sig=ACfU3U2XeTAfW13Ujn6GWawHr_l6ahVLIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7m8-duOb2AhWwGTQIHX3FA-EQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=%22temple%20of%20agathodaimon%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>5. Ausfeld, A. "Zur Topographie von Alexandria und Pseudo-Kallisthenes I." <i>Rheinisches Museum für Philologie</i>, Vol. 55, part 2, 1900, pp. 31-33.</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Feliciano, João. "The Agathos Daimon in Greco-Egyptian Religion." <i>The Hermetic Tablet:</i> <i>Journal of Western Ritual Magic,</i> 19 July 2016, pp. 171–192. Available online <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=F9O2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=The+Agathos+Daimon+in+Greco-Egyptian+religion+Jo%C3%A3o+Feliciano&source=bl&ots=xLDSu_W3a6&sig=ACfU3U1-nMopzcFvTYd0zSEhgYgu0BR2Fw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiaw7vDv-b2AhW1MX0KHZ98CHsQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Agathos%20Daimon%20in%20Greco-Egyptian%20religion%20Jo%C3%A3o%20Feliciano&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=F9O2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=The+Agathos+Daimon+in+Greco-Egyptian+religion+Jo%C3%A3o+Feliciano&source=bl&ots=xLDSu_W3a6&sig=ACfU3U1-nMopzcFvTYd0zSEhgYgu0BR2Fw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiaw7vDv-b2AhW1MX0KHZ98CHsQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Agathos%20Daimon%20in%20Greco-Egyptian%20religion%20Jo%C3%A3o%20Feliciano&f=false" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>7. "RPC IV.4, 14749 (Temporary)." <i>Roman Provincial Coinage Online</i>, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford., <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>8. "Search for 'Faustina Agathodaimon Alexandria'". <i>ACSEARCH.INFO - Auction Research</i>, <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+agathodaimon+Alexandria&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+agathodaimon+Alexandria&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+agathodaimon+Alexandria&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>9. Geissen, Angelo, and Wolfram Weiser, <i>op. cit</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>10. Forum Ancient Coins, <i>op. cit</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>11. So too RPC, <i>op. cit</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 8281525, member: 75937"][MEDIA=youtube]J91ti_MpdHA[/MEDIA] Yes. ON FIRE. For real! Good morning, everybody! Do I have a tale to tell you! This is a coin I never thought I'd hold in my hand. [ATTACH=full]1462688[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Faustina II, AD 147-175. Roman provincial Æ drachm, 24.36 g, 35.4 mm, 12 h. Egypt, Alexandria, AD 151/52 (year 15). Obv: ΦΑVCΤΙΝ CЄΒ CЄΒ ЄVCЄΒ ΘVΓ, draped bust, right, wearing circlet of pearls around head. Rev: Monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar; above, pyre; acroteria in form of aphlasta; L – IЄ (year 15) to either side. Refs: RPC IV.4 [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749']14749[/URL] (temp); Köln [URL='https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en']1961[/URL]; Dattari 3305-06; K&G 38.69; Emmett 1971.15; Sear –. Note: Some authors identify the altar on the reverse as the altar of Agathodaimon.[/SIZE][/INDENT] I purchased the coin at Auctiones GmbH e-Auction 74 ([URL='https://www.auctiones.ch/browse.html?auction=76&lot=23378']lot 38[/URL]) on December 12. And tracking the item, it arrived at the ISC in NYC on December 16, was sent to Queens on Dec. 17, and then to Jersey City on Dec. 18. And then it vanished. I put in a missing mail search request on January 18, figuring there had been a problem. I got an update in February from the USPS saying they couldn't find it, but the case was still active. The post office sent another notice in March, saying they still couldn't find it, but they were still looking. I gave up on it – more than three months had passed – but lo and behold! THIS arrived last Friday!! It was all scorched and smelled of smoke! [ATTACH=full]1462689[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1462690[/ATTACH] The invoice was burned, and the cardboard mailer was stained. [ATTACH=full]1462692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1462691[/ATTACH] But the coin envelope itself was undamaged, as was the coin!! [ATTACH=full]1462693[/ATTACH] Hooray! Faustina escaped the flames! [IMG]https://media0.giphy.com/media/hNmpKyRXESKU8/giphy.gif?cid=790b76113dc057c63b8caeb858a0a75b3e4d497868c507fd&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g[/IMG] I'm not sure what happened, whether it was in an actual fire or it sustained friction burns from a conveyor belt from being stuck in a mail-sorting machine. [B]About the coin and its reverse type[/B] Some numismatists identify the structure on the reverse as the Altar of Agathodaimon.[1, 2] Others have interpreted it as "the temple complex from Caesarea with a representation of Mount Argaeus behind."[3] If the image on this reverse type represents an actual architectural structure, it has been lost to the sands of time. A [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=%22altar+of+agathodaimon%22&sxsrf=APq-WBtTBKijkvIhJw75wXe6yPtR6DRhfA%3A1648389091951&ei=42tAYvfZOa3J0PEP4K29iAs&ved=0ahUKEwi315vyt-b2AhWtJDQIHeBWD7EQ4dUDCA0&oq=%22altar+of+agathodaimon%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBwgjEK4CECc6BwgjELADECc6BAgjECdKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQgwlYuBJgrR9oAXAAeACAAT6IAbYBkgEBM5gBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz']Google search for "altar of Agathodaimon"[/URL] yields nothing outside of the numismatic literature. A search for [URL='https://www.google.com/search?q=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&sxsrf=APq-WBvYjLXmcL8hwDd98KPbBW0Zy_0Ntw%3A1648389110302&ei=9mtAYqeIEv7a0PEPusehuAc&ved=0ahUKEwin2_v6t-b2AhV-LTQIHbpjCHcQ4dUDCA0&oq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAwyBQghEKABMgUIIRCgATIFCCEQqwIyBQghEKsCMgUIIRCrAjoKCCMQrgIQsAMQJzoICAAQCBAHEB46BQgAEIYDSgQIQRgBSgQIRhgAULIbWJYkYM87aAJwAHgAgAFliAGGBZIBAzcuMZgBAKABAcgBAcABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz']"temple of Agathodaimon"[/URL] is only slightly more productive. It identified only a non-relevant citation in a book by Corbin and a single [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=oIdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&source=bl&ots=yjzUKbrzi9&sig=ACfU3U2XeTAfW13Ujn6GWawHr_l6ahVLIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7m8-duOb2AhWwGTQIHX3FA-EQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=%22temple%20of%20agathodaimon%22&f=false']relevant citation[/URL]: a brief mention in [I]The Classical Review[/I][4] of a "temple of Agathodaimon" in Alexandria in a German antiquarian publication from 1900.[5] There is no mention of either a Temple of Agathodaimon or Altar of Agathodaimon in Alexandria or its environs in a rather comprehensive review article about Agathodaimon in Greco-Egyptian religion by João Feliciano.[6] Therefore, it is far from clear that this temple of Agathodaimon in Alexandria mentioned in an obscure German journal in 1900 is that depicted on the reverse of this coin type. [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749'][I]Roman Provincial Coins[/I] online[/URL] is appropriately reluctant to identify the structure on the reverse of this and similar coins, describing it as a "monumental altar or flat-roofed temple with four (garlanded) columns enclosing female figure dropping incense on altar."[7] Similarly, there is confusion about the various images on the reverse. The descriptions in various dealers' listings,[8] as well as Geissen and Weiser,[9] describe the structure in the center on top of the structure as a "pyre of burning pinecones," but at least one source has suggested it represents a figure of Mt. Argaeus in Caesarea.[10] There is a little more consistency in the description of the structure's acroteria. Almost all sources describe them as aphlasta.[11] Our own [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER] [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-antoninus-pius-drachm-the-caesareum-of-alexandria.249535/']researched this issue several years ago[/URL] and some of his sources identified them as coiled serpents or winged serpents. I'm afraid I have had nothing to contribute to the state of numismatic knowledge of these coins and default to the description of the reverse type in RPC. Moreover, I shall not discuss Agathodaimon at all, since it is uncertain whether this coin has anything whatsoever to do with this deity and I'd have nothing to say that [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] has not said more thoroughly or eloquently in her [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/finally-an-agathodaemon.383883/']post about it here[/URL]. [I]Let's see your coins that were in packages damaged or delayed by the post office, coins with the "Altar of Agathodaimon" reverse type, big bronze Alexandrian drachms of Faustina the Younger, or anything you feel is relevant![/I] [B]~~~ Notes[/B] 1. Emmett, Keith. [I]Alexandrian Coins[/I]. Clio's Cabinet, 2001, nos. 1971-72 and pl. 4,8; pp. 87, 313, 319. 2. Geissen, Angelo, and Wolfram Weiser. [I]Katalog Alexandrinischer Kaisermünzen Der Sammlung Des Instituts Für Altertumskunde Der Universität Zu Köln. Hadrian-Antoninus Pius Nr. 741-1994[/I]. 1974, sv. no. [URL='https://muenzen.uni-koeln.de/portal/databases/id/muenzen/titles/id/AL_1961.html?l=en']1961[/URL]. 3. "Roman Temples." [I]Forum Ancient Coins[/I], [URL]https://www.forumancientcoins.com/lateromancoinage/temples.html[/URL]. 4. Nutt, D., [I]ed.[/I] "Summaries of Periodicals." [I]The Classical Review[/I], Vol 14, 1900, p. 476. Online [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=oIdJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA476&lpg=PA476&dq=%22temple+of+agathodaimon%22&source=bl&ots=yjzUKbrzi9&sig=ACfU3U2XeTAfW13Ujn6GWawHr_l6ahVLIA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi7m8-duOb2AhWwGTQIHX3FA-EQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=%22temple%20of%20agathodaimon%22&f=false']here[/URL]. 5. Ausfeld, A. "Zur Topographie von Alexandria und Pseudo-Kallisthenes I." [I]Rheinisches Museum für Philologie[/I], Vol. 55, part 2, 1900, pp. 31-33. 6. Feliciano, João. "The Agathos Daimon in Greco-Egyptian Religion." [I]The Hermetic Tablet:[/I] [I]Journal of Western Ritual Magic,[/I] 19 July 2016, pp. 171–192. Available online [URL='https://books.google.com/books?id=F9O2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=The+Agathos+Daimon+in+Greco-Egyptian+religion+Jo%C3%A3o+Feliciano&source=bl&ots=xLDSu_W3a6&sig=ACfU3U1-nMopzcFvTYd0zSEhgYgu0BR2Fw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiaw7vDv-b2AhW1MX0KHZ98CHsQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=The%20Agathos%20Daimon%20in%20Greco-Egyptian%20religion%20Jo%C3%A3o%20Feliciano&f=false']here[/URL]. 7. "RPC IV.4, 14749 (Temporary)." [I]Roman Provincial Coinage Online[/I], Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford., [URL]https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14749[/URL]. 8. "Search for 'Faustina Agathodaimon Alexandria'". [I]ACSEARCH.INFO - Auction Research[/I], [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=Faustina+agathodaimon+Alexandria&category=1-2&lot=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0[/URL]. 9. Geissen, Angelo, and Wolfram Weiser, [I]op. cit[/I]. 10. Forum Ancient Coins, [I]op. cit[/I]. 11. So too RPC, [I]op. cit[/I].[/QUOTE]
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