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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4895434, member: 110350"][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER], I just watched your truly wonderful video about the coins of Melita (as well as the entire thread following it). Well done! I'm afraid that I not only don't have any coins from ancient Melita, but didn't even know that that was Malta's prior name.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lacking any coins from Melita, I've decided that today is for Isis and Horus.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, here once more is my Julia Domna/Isis nursing infant Horus denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna, AR Denarius ca. 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun in back, IVLIA AVGVSTA / Rev. Isis, wearing polos on head, draped, standing three-quarters right, head right, holding the nursing infant Horus in left arm against left breast, with her right hand holding a wreath or other ring-shaped object against her chest, her left foot against prow, right, and her left knee bent with Horus resting on it; to left of Isis, rudder rests against altar; SAECVLI FELICITAS. RIC IV-1 577 (p. 170), RSC III 174 (ill.), Sear RCV II 6606, BMCRE 166. 18x20 mm., 3.35 g., 6 h. <i>Ex. A.K. Collection; ex. CNG Triton XX Auction, Jan. 10, 2017, part of Lot # 614, No. E027.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181282[/ATTACH]</p><p>A detail:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181284[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My faience Eye of Horus (Uzat Eye):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181285[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My faience Triad of child Horus [with a side-lock] between his mother Isis and his aunt Nebhet (= Nepthys, her Greek name). My apologies for the blurriness; the object is quite small and the photo was taken with my old point and shoot camera (which takes close-up photos much less good than my cell phone):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181286[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, my bronze Horus in his manifestation as a falcon, on a late 19th-early 20th century wooden base:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1181289[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>People should understand that my fascination with ancient Egyptian archaeology, antiquities, and iconography long precedes my interest in ancient coins. My paternal grandmother (who was a New York City public librarian for many years after she graduated from high school in 1905) lived on 79th Street, not very far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She took me there frequently when I was a child. My favorite part, from the beginning, was the Egyptian collection, even before they acquired the Temple of Dendur. (It helped, I think, that the collection was near the main entrance!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4895434, member: 110350"][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER], I just watched your truly wonderful video about the coins of Melita (as well as the entire thread following it). Well done! I'm afraid that I not only don't have any coins from ancient Melita, but didn't even know that that was Malta's prior name. Lacking any coins from Melita, I've decided that today is for Isis and Horus. First, here once more is my Julia Domna/Isis nursing infant Horus denarius: Julia Domna, AR Denarius ca. 201 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Draped bust right, hair waved vertically and fastened in large bun in back, IVLIA AVGVSTA / Rev. Isis, wearing polos on head, draped, standing three-quarters right, head right, holding the nursing infant Horus in left arm against left breast, with her right hand holding a wreath or other ring-shaped object against her chest, her left foot against prow, right, and her left knee bent with Horus resting on it; to left of Isis, rudder rests against altar; SAECVLI FELICITAS. RIC IV-1 577 (p. 170), RSC III 174 (ill.), Sear RCV II 6606, BMCRE 166. 18x20 mm., 3.35 g., 6 h. [I]Ex. A.K. Collection; ex. CNG Triton XX Auction, Jan. 10, 2017, part of Lot # 614, No. E027.[/I] [ATTACH=full]1181282[/ATTACH] A detail: [ATTACH=full]1181284[/ATTACH] My faience Eye of Horus (Uzat Eye): [ATTACH=full]1181285[/ATTACH] My faience Triad of child Horus [with a side-lock] between his mother Isis and his aunt Nebhet (= Nepthys, her Greek name). My apologies for the blurriness; the object is quite small and the photo was taken with my old point and shoot camera (which takes close-up photos much less good than my cell phone): [ATTACH=full]1181286[/ATTACH] Finally, my bronze Horus in his manifestation as a falcon, on a late 19th-early 20th century wooden base: [ATTACH=full]1181289[/ATTACH] People should understand that my fascination with ancient Egyptian archaeology, antiquities, and iconography long precedes my interest in ancient coins. My paternal grandmother (who was a New York City public librarian for many years after she graduated from high school in 1905) lived on 79th Street, not very far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She took me there frequently when I was a child. My favorite part, from the beginning, was the Egyptian collection, even before they acquired the Temple of Dendur. (It helped, I think, that the collection was near the main entrance!)[/QUOTE]
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