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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3166055, member: 56859"]Fantastic coin! I would love to have a Claudius II with Isis, especially one with the eye appeal of yours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of my coins showing Isis are from Roman Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plain Isis:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_44c4e46b9df34b8b91de3f509ca39f2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_44c4e46b9df34b8b91de3f509ca39f2a~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian</b></p><p>year 4, CE 71/2</p><p>diobol?, 25.4 mm, 5.45 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTOKKAIΣΣEBAOVEΣΠAΣIANOV; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: bust of Isis left; LΔ in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 217.4 (diobol)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianisisdiobol-dattari-rt-jpg.567830/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</b></p><p>Year 9, CE 89/90</p><p>AE diobol, 25 mm, 9.13 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: bust of Isis right</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl 19, 6747 (this coin); Geissen 329; Emmett 296.9, R5</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Isis in her role as overseer of seas and harbors:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/egyptalex-hadriandrachm-isisphariapharos-forvmimages_edited-1-jpg.383864/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p><b>year 18, CE 133/4</b></p><p>Æ drachm, 32 mm, 23.3 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis Pharia right holding a billowing sail with both hands and left foot, sailing toward the Lighthouse of Pharos, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (sea shell trumpet); L IH (year 18) above center</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1002(18), R1</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Isis Pharia, a rare version of tetradrachm which somehow escaped [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER]'s clutches <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a55340ac3fea4a0da4b51879611b2d24.jpg/v1/fill/w_976,h_479,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_a55340ac3fea4a0da4b51879611b2d24.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian tet, year 9, Isis Pharia. Emmett 868.9 (R5)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Isis head with serpent body:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianobol-isisthermouthis-rt-jpg.544938/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</b></p><p>AE obol, 20 mm, 5 gm</p><p>regnal year 10, CE 90/91</p><p>Obv: laureate head right</p><p>Rev: AVTKAIΣAPOMITIANOΣΣEBΓEPM; Isis-Thermouthis standing right; LI in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 321.10, R5; RPC 2593; Geissen 376</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Isis-Sothis:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-71-isissothis-jpg.627688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 21</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis-Sothis, seated facing and holding a cornucopia and scepter, riding a dog (Sirius?) right; the dog is looking back at Isis</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2680; Emmett 1593.21</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Isis as mother:</p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ap-isisasmotherintemple-jpg.661020/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, RY 8</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis seated right on throne, nursing the infant Harpokrates, all within arched temple with solar disc and uraeus on pediment; L-H</p><p>Ref: Dattari 3044; Emmett 1587.8, R4</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago </i></p><p><br /></p><p>A Ptolemaic Isis:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyv-isis-rt-jpg.567827/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Ptolemy V-VI</b></p><p>204-145 BCE</p><p>Æ 27mm, 18.4g; Alexandria mint.</p><p>Obv: diademed head of Isis right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOΥ BAΣIΛEΩΣ; eagle on thunderbolt.</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1234 and SNG Cop 247 (as Ptolemy IV)</p><p><br /></p><p>Not Isis but a nice sistrum, "held" by a cobra:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dattari-marcusaureliusuraeusdiobol-rt-jpg.554499/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>year 12, CE 171/2</p><p>AE diobol, 22 mm, 7.53 gm</p><p>Obv: [MAV]PHΛIOC ANTω[ΝΙΝΟCCE]; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Uraeus serpent erect left, wearing headdress; "holding" sistrum and grain ear; LI - B across upper fields</p><p>Ref: Dattari 3605 and Pl. XXXII, 3605 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 193, 3605 (this coin); Geissen --; Emmett 2260.12, R5</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>A sistrum held by the personification of Egypt:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_1cbf1dd62b47472ba2c69dd33fb49628.jpg%26hash%3D344da82c395586f881fbb76b16a28cee&hash=01b3ca976cbec35c63a137fed48fd9d9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 18 mm, 2.95 gm. struck CE 134-138, Rome</p><p>Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right</p><p>Rev: AEGYPTOS; Aegyptos reclining left holding sistrum; ibis standing right at feet</p><p>Ref: RIC II 297</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, a lovely carving of winged Isis on a scarab:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3930805.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Blue glazed steatite scarab. Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC. Face engraved with winged Isis standing right before a solar disk and a cartouche containing r’nfr, or “<b>may beauty exist</b>”; below, the hieroglyph n’b or “lord” (14x10mm). Crack down center with some very minor loss of material on back.</p><p><i>Ex Christie’s London ‘Fine Antiquities,’ 10 July 1991, lot 85 (part of).</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3166055, member: 56859"]Fantastic coin! I would love to have a Claudius II with Isis, especially one with the eye appeal of yours. Most of my coins showing Isis are from Roman Egypt. Plain Isis: [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_44c4e46b9df34b8b91de3f509ca39f2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_44c4e46b9df34b8b91de3f509ca39f2a~mv2.jpg[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian[/B] year 4, CE 71/2 diobol?, 25.4 mm, 5.45 gm Obv: AVTOKKAIΣΣEBAOVEΣΠAΣIANOV; laureate head right Rev: bust of Isis left; LΔ in right field Ref: Emmett 217.4 (diobol) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianisisdiobol-dattari-rt-jpg.567830/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian[/B] Year 9, CE 89/90 AE diobol, 25 mm, 9.13 gm Obv: laureate bust right Rev: bust of Isis right Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl 19, 6747 (this coin); Geissen 329; Emmett 296.9, R5 [I]ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)[/I] Isis in her role as overseer of seas and harbors: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/egyptalex-hadriandrachm-isisphariapharos-forvmimages_edited-1-jpg.383864/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian year 18, CE 133/4[/B] Æ drachm, 32 mm, 23.3 gm Obv: AYT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right Rev: Isis Pharia right holding a billowing sail with both hands and left foot, sailing toward the Lighthouse of Pharos, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (sea shell trumpet); L IH (year 18) above center Ref: Emmett 1002(18), R1 Another Isis Pharia, a rare version of tetradrachm which somehow escaped [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER]'s clutches :D [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a55340ac3fea4a0da4b51879611b2d24.jpg/v1/fill/w_976,h_479,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_a55340ac3fea4a0da4b51879611b2d24.jpg[/IMG] Hadrian tet, year 9, Isis Pharia. Emmett 868.9 (R5) Isis head with serpent body: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianobol-isisthermouthis-rt-jpg.544938/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian[/B] AE obol, 20 mm, 5 gm regnal year 10, CE 90/91 Obv: laureate head right Rev: AVTKAIΣAPOMITIANOΣΣEBΓEPM; Isis-Thermouthis standing right; LI in right field Ref: Emmett 321.10, R5; RPC 2593; Geissen 376 Isis-Sothis: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-71-isissothis-jpg.627688/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] AE drachm, regnal year 21 Obv: laureate bust right Rev: Isis-Sothis, seated facing and holding a cornucopia and scepter, riding a dog (Sirius?) right; the dog is looking back at Isis Ref: Dattari 2680; Emmett 1593.21 [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago [/I] Isis as mother: [B][IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ap-isisasmotherintemple-jpg.661020/[/IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius[/B] AE drachm, RY 8 Obv: laureate bust right Rev: Isis seated right on throne, nursing the infant Harpokrates, all within arched temple with solar disc and uraeus on pediment; L-H Ref: Dattari 3044; Emmett 1587.8, R4 [I]Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago [/I] A Ptolemaic Isis: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyv-isis-rt-jpg.567827/[/IMG] [B]Ptolemy V-VI[/B] 204-145 BCE Æ 27mm, 18.4g; Alexandria mint. Obv: diademed head of Isis right Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOΥ BAΣIΛEΩΣ; eagle on thunderbolt. Ref: Svoronos 1234 and SNG Cop 247 (as Ptolemy IV) Not Isis but a nice sistrum, "held" by a cobra: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dattari-marcusaureliusuraeusdiobol-rt-jpg.554499/[/IMG] [B]EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius[/B] year 12, CE 171/2 AE diobol, 22 mm, 7.53 gm Obv: [MAV]PHΛIOC ANTω[ΝΙΝΟCCE]; laureate bust right Rev: Uraeus serpent erect left, wearing headdress; "holding" sistrum and grain ear; LI - B across upper fields Ref: Dattari 3605 and Pl. XXXII, 3605 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 193, 3605 (this coin); Geissen --; Emmett 2260.12, R5 [I]ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)[/I] A sistrum held by the personification of Egypt: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_1cbf1dd62b47472ba2c69dd33fb49628.jpg%26hash%3D344da82c395586f881fbb76b16a28cee&hash=01b3ca976cbec35c63a137fed48fd9d9[/IMG] [B]HADRIAN[/B] AR Denarius. 18 mm, 2.95 gm. struck CE 134-138, Rome Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right Rev: AEGYPTOS; Aegyptos reclining left holding sistrum; ibis standing right at feet Ref: RIC II 297 Lastly, a lovely carving of winged Isis on a scarab: [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/3930805.jpg[/IMG] Blue glazed steatite scarab. Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC. Face engraved with winged Isis standing right before a solar disk and a cartouche containing r’nfr, or “[B]may beauty exist[/B]”; below, the hieroglyph n’b or “lord” (14x10mm). Crack down center with some very minor loss of material on back. [I]Ex Christie’s London ‘Fine Antiquities,’ 10 July 1991, lot 85 (part of).[/I][/QUOTE]
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