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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 2808824, member: 82829&quot;]The coin illustrated was apparently issued in Alexandria during the 4th. century AD on the occasion of&nbsp; an Isis festival. This celebration of Serapis (obverse) and the Nile deified (reverse) seems to be a late Pagan tradition in a world evolving towards Christian monotheism.</p><p>It&nbsp; would be interesting to find how late paganism (Egyptian, Greek, Latin gods) were celebrated on coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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