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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2547194, member: 56859&quot;]Wonderful coin, [USER=76111]@Carthago[/USER] and all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have any <i>Republican</i> pantheistic deities but will happily sneak in few syncretic Provincials <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; A denarius like the OP coin is definitely going on the BUY list <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Serapis Pantheos.&nbsp; Serapis began as a purposefully fabricated deity, dreamed up by Ptolemy I and his advisors.&nbsp; Over the years Serapis was combined with more and more gods, culminating in Serapis Pantheos.&nbsp; Bearded like Zeus, wearing the horn&nbsp; of Ammon, the calathus (funky hat) of Serapis, radiate like Helios, trident of Neptune, sometimes shown with attributes of Nilus as well.&nbsp; One-stop godding <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Lucius Verus</b></p><p>year 4, CE 163/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&amp;G 39.77</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_3d6ec7b8e4f14e649ee4145f6b196609.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=49f6ddacefb9fbbed2289d361d70942d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 5, CE 141/2</p><p>AE drachm, 20 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident and cornucopia behind;&nbsp; L-Є in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1676.5, R1</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a syncretion with fewer deities, Serapis combined with Zeus Ammon:</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b36dedb18c424987b96ff31f5e4d2b15~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_588,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_b36dedb18c424987b96ff31f5e4d2b15~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Hadrian</b></p><p>year 8, CE 123/4</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.2 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp;&nbsp; ...TPAI AΔ... ; laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; draped bust of Serapis-Ammon right; L-H across fields</p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; Emmett 895.8, R5;&nbsp; Köln 858; Dattari (Savio) 1481; K&amp;G 32.258</p><p><i>From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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