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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3244083, member: 56859&quot;]Here&#039;s a snake playing a sistrum.&nbsp; I guess that makes it a rattlesnake <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dattari-marcusaureliusuraeusdiobol-rt-jpg.554499/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>year 12, CE 171/2</p><p>AE diobol, 22 mm, 7.53 gm</p><p>Obv: [MAV]PHΛIOC ANTω[ΝΙΝΟCCE]; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Uraeus serpent erect left, wearing headdress; &quot;holding&quot; sistrum and grain ear; LI - B across upper fields</p><p>Ref: Dattari 3605 and Pl. XXXII, 3605 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 193, 3605 (this coin); Geissen --; Emmett 2260.12, R5</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a multitasking Isis Pharia-- windsurfing while playing the sistrum (you can see it at the top of the sail, held in her right hand):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/egyptalex-hadriandrachm-isisphariapharos-forvmimages_edited-1-jpg.383864/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p><b>year 18, CE 133/4</b></p><p>Æ drachm, 32 mm, 23.3 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis Pharia right holding a billowing sail with both hands and left foot, sailing toward the Lighthouse of Pharos, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (sea shell trumpet); L IH (year 18) above center</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1002(18), R1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aegyptos holding a sistrum:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_1cbf1dd62b47472ba2c69dd33fb49628.jpg%26hash%3D344da82c395586f881fbb76b16a28cee&amp;hash=01b3ca976cbec35c63a137fed48fd9d9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>HADRIAN</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 18 mm, 2.95 gm. struck CE 134-138, Rome</p><p>Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right</p><p>Rev: AEGYPTOS; Aegyptos reclining left holding sistrum; ibis standing right at feet</p><p>Ref: RIC II 297[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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