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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3166308, member: 57495&quot;]That&#039;s an outstanding coin, and thanks for the excellent writeup! </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a little hard to see because of the thick concretions, but it&#039;s a sistrum on the reverse of this Trajan dichalkon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]813960[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TRAJAN</b></p><p>AE Dichalkon. 1.74g, 15.7mm, EGYPT, Alexandria, Year 16 = AD 112/3.&nbsp; Kellner p. 103, pl. 4, Abb. 7; Emmett 720 var. (seven R5, one R3, but unlisted for RY 16).&nbsp; O: Laureate head of Trajan right. R: Sistrum; L - IS (date) across field.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, of course, I can&#039;t pass up the opportunity to post my Festival of Isis issue depicting on the reverse the syncretic god Hermanoobydoo. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]813961[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>FESTIVAL OF ISIS</b>. <b>Anonymous. </b></p><p>Rare. AE. 0.79g, 12mm. Rome mint, mid-4th Century (time of Julian II). Alföldi, Festival pl. VIII, 11; Vagi 3393. O: [ISIS F-A]RIA, draped bust of Isis right, wearing hem-hem crown and necklace. R: [VOTA P-]VBLICA, Hermanubis standing left, holding sistrum and caduceus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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