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<p>[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4893912, member: 84065"]"In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism" rel="nofollow">syncretic atmosphere</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity" rel="nofollow">Late Antiquity</a>, agathodaemons could be bound up with Egyptian bringers of security and good fortune..." - Wikipedia.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Nero, as Caesar, AD 54-68. Billon Tetradrachm (12.74g). Dated RY 5 (58/59 AD). Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Coiled Agathodaemon, wearing solar headdress, amidst corn-ears and poppies. Ref: Curtis 31; BMC 174; Milne 193.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181122[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Edessa, post: 4893912, member: 84065"]"In the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism']syncretic atmosphere[/URL] of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Antiquity']Late Antiquity[/URL], agathodaemons could be bound up with Egyptian bringers of security and good fortune..." - Wikipedia. Roman Egypt, Alexandria. Nero, as Caesar, AD 54-68. Billon Tetradrachm (12.74g). Dated RY 5 (58/59 AD). Obv: Laureate head right. Rev: Coiled Agathodaemon, wearing solar headdress, amidst corn-ears and poppies. Ref: Curtis 31; BMC 174; Milne 193. [ATTACH=full]1181122[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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