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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 3998418, member: 91240&quot;]I considered whether the &#039;wreath&#039; might be a degraded form of the sistrum, but I don&#039;t think so, since even in their worst forms they always have a defined handle. I suspect it appears on all dies of the coin, being more or less visible depending on their wear, the coin&#039;s wear, and the engraver&#039;s emphasis. Isis is almost never shown with a wreath, but I do wonder whether it might be a patera.</p><p><br /></p><p>The inclusion of the rudder and prow may be a clue to what it is. Rather than <i>just</i> Isis, perhaps we are looking at a syncretistic Isis-Tyche-Fortuna. This amalgamation is sometimes depicted with a patera, as seen on this <a href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/6218/isis-tyche-fortuna/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://art.thewalters.org/detail/6218/isis-tyche-fortuna/" rel="nofollow">bronze figure</a>, or this <a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/ancient-jewelry-wearable-art/roman-carnelian-ringstone-serapis-isis-tyche-60/63754" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/ancient-jewelry-wearable-art/roman-carnelian-ringstone-serapis-isis-tyche-60/63754" rel="nofollow">carnelian intaglio</a>. Although the object on [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]&#039;s coin is definitely very wreath-like, pateras are depicted in a similar style on some coins of this period, <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/product/julia_domna_denarius__vestae_sanctae__laodicea_mint/82872/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coins_to_medals/37/product/julia_domna_denarius__vestae_sanctae__laodicea_mint/82872/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">as here</a>. Even at its most wreath-like, it <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marc_breitsprecher_classical_numismatist/8/product/septimius_severus_ad_193211_ar_denarius__victory_over_britain/1225292/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/marc_breitsprecher_classical_numismatist/8/product/septimius_severus_ad_193211_ar_denarius__victory_over_britain/1225292/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">lacks the ribbons</a> that signify the wreath on most coins of the period.</p><p><br /></p><p>Harpokrates depicted with wings isn&#039;t unheard of either; since Isis was associated with Aphrodite, Harpokrates was sometimes equated with Eros/Cupid, as on <a href="http://art.thewalters.org/detail/12892/harpocrates-eros-with-falcon--jackal-falcon-and-serpent/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://art.thewalters.org/detail/12892/harpocrates-eros-with-falcon--jackal-falcon-and-serpent/" rel="nofollow">this bronze figure</a>, or the common Isis coins of Antiochos VII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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