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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient times, post: 3821216, member: 107246&quot;]I was going through my coins trying to find something to go with my Egyptian artifacts and I thought this coin would be the best choice I had.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017276[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017277[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;Hieropolis-Kastabala, AE20, 6.8 gr. 200-0 BC. Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right, KO monogram behind head /TWN PROC TWI PYRAMWI THC IERAC KAI ACYLOY, seated left, wearing polos, holding branch. Eagle standing left under chair. SNG France 2208 </p><p><br /></p><p>Isis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017278[/ATTACH]</p><p>Source- Upper Egypt&nbsp; material- stone&nbsp; &nbsp; length- 10&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; width 4.8&quot;&nbsp; depth 1.2&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;culture- Pharaonic&nbsp; &nbsp; Type: statue</p><p>Isis began in the new kingdom 18th dynasty 1570 BC until 380 AD when Theodosius I</p><p>outlawed pagan worship of Gods. But the cult survived in Philae until 537AD</p><p><br /></p><p>Anubis</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017279[/ATTACH] Source: Upper Egypt&nbsp; Material: Hard Stone&nbsp; Length: 8.8&quot;&nbsp; Width: 2&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Depth: 4.8&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;Type: Statue&nbsp; Culture: Phraonic</p><p>Anubis (God of the embalming and dead) was one of the most important Gods in Funerary rites of Embalming. Was protector of graves in the 1rst dynasty also as embalmer (3100 BC - 2890 BC) and was replaced by Osiris in the middle kingdom (2055 BC - 1750 BC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Hathor</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017280[/ATTACH] </p><p>Goddess Hathor oil lamp 41/4&quot; X 2&quot; material: clay&nbsp; has face of Hathor with Bovine ears</p><p>on the top.&nbsp; 4000 BC - 500 AD Considered mother of the Pharohs, worshiped all over Egypt, especially in Dendra, associated with Isis until the 6th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Egyptian Ushabti</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017281[/ATTACH] </p><p>Ushabti&nbsp; 3.5&quot; long&nbsp; 1&quot; wide </p><p>&nbsp; New Kingdom 1950 BC&nbsp;&nbsp; Ushabti refers to servant of the kings in the after life.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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