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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3172932, member: 75937&quot;]On a related note, Serapis is typically depicted raising his right hand and holding a scepter, as on this issue of Gordian and Tranquillina from the nearby city of Odessos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815902[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III, with Tranquillina, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion; 26.1 mm, 13.33 g, 6:00.</p><p>Thrace, Odessos, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CЄ | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ|ΛЄΙΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left</p><p>Rev: ΟΔΗC - CЄΙΤΩΝ, Sarapis standing left, extending arm and holding scepter; E (denomination) in left field</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1696; Moushmov 1696; Varbanov 4599; SNRIS Odessus 15 (a9).</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin unusually depicts Serapis standing, holding a patera and cornucopiae:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]815908[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>However, depictions of Serapis standing, holding a patera and cornucopiae are known on other coins as well as from artworks in other media. Adolf Michaelis* divided the types of the standing Serapis into the following groupings, using the evidence of statuettes, reliefs, and mainly Alexandrian coins of the earlier Imperial period:</p><p><br /></p><p>First type: scepter and altar beside. </p><p>Second type: right hand raised and also with scepter. This figure, best exemplified by the <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/8178555135" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/8178555135" rel="nofollow">bronze in the Museo Archeologico, Florence</a>, was popular in the Empire, especially on coins of the third Century. </p><p>Third type: left arm raised, right hanging down. While not found on coins, this type, known mainly from bronze statuettes in Dresden and Berlin, seems to be a variant of the first type and represents its statuary counterpart. </p><p>Fourth type: On a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2624448" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2624448" rel="nofollow">billion Tetradrachm of Tranquillina</a>, Serapis holds the scepter in the right instead of the left hand, the left arm being enveloped in the cloak. </p><p>Fifth type: Serapis standing with <i>patera</i> in right hand, cornucopia in left, a type found in several media including paintings from Pompeii.</p><p><br /></p><p>*Adolf Michaelis, &quot;Serapis Standing on A(n) Xanthian Marble in the British Museum&quot;, <i>JHS</i> VI, 1885, p. 287ff. Available online from JSTOR (subscription required) <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/623403?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/623403?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents" rel="nofollow">here</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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