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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3186851, member: 56859&quot;]What an excellent deal!&nbsp; That&#039;s a very crisp portrait of Hermanubis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like many deities shown on coins of Roman Egypt, Hermanubis is a syncretic god.&nbsp; He is the blending of Greek Hermes and Egyptian Anubis. Both are conductors of souls to the afterlife, among other roles.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one of him standing:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged caduceus in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal (looking more like Disney&#039;s Pluto) left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676; Dattari-Savio pl. 264, 5079[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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