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<p>[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 4904958, member: 91240"]Over the past couple years, I've increasingly focused on collecting coins with Egyptian iconography. As such, I envy some of the beautiful coins in this thread, especially the Melita coins, not to mention the antiquities! Egyptian themes are more common on coins than we might realize at first glance, but sometimes the Egyptian elements are under so much Greco-Roman makeup that it's hard for us to notice! </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll add my Ibiza Bes to the conversation: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183263[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ebusus (Ibiza), AE 17mm. </b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Squatting Bes, holding club in right hand, serpent in left </p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Bull butting left. </p><p><b>Struck ~210-early 2nd Century BC; Burgos 708; Villaronga 22. </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a small Horus falcon mount or appliqué, Egyptian Late Period – Roman period:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183266[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, a new arrival from CNG today: </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183265[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Antoninus Pius, Æ Drachm of Alexandria. Menelaites Nome. Dated RY 8 </b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Laureate head right </p><p><b>Reverse</b>: MЄNЄΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, holding cornucopia with his left arm, right hand raised to his mouth, wearing skhent and standing left; [lit altar] to left; L H (date) in exergue. </p><p><b>33mm, 17.42 g, struck AD 144/145. RPC IV.4 Online 13971</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeptimusT, post: 4904958, member: 91240"]Over the past couple years, I've increasingly focused on collecting coins with Egyptian iconography. As such, I envy some of the beautiful coins in this thread, especially the Melita coins, not to mention the antiquities! Egyptian themes are more common on coins than we might realize at first glance, but sometimes the Egyptian elements are under so much Greco-Roman makeup that it's hard for us to notice! I'll add my Ibiza Bes to the conversation: [ATTACH=full]1183263[/ATTACH] [B]Ebusus (Ibiza), AE 17mm. Obverse[/B]: Squatting Bes, holding club in right hand, serpent in left [B]Reverse[/B]: Bull butting left. [B]Struck ~210-early 2nd Century BC; Burgos 708; Villaronga 22. [/B] Here's a small Horus falcon mount or appliqué, Egyptian Late Period – Roman period: [ATTACH=full]1183266[/ATTACH] And lastly, a new arrival from CNG today: [ATTACH=full]1183265[/ATTACH] [B]Antoninus Pius,[I] [/I]Æ Drachm of Alexandria. Menelaites Nome. Dated RY 8 Obverse[/B]: Laureate head right [B]Reverse[/B]: MЄNЄΛAЄITHC, Harpokrates of Canopus: as a youth, nude from the waist up with the lower body of a crocodile, holding cornucopia with his left arm, right hand raised to his mouth, wearing skhent and standing left; [lit altar] to left; L H (date) in exergue. [B]33mm, 17.42 g, struck AD 144/145. RPC IV.4 Online 13971[/B][/QUOTE]
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