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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3136995, member: 56859&quot;]Roman Egypt and Agathodaemon, two of my favorites!&nbsp; Nice pickup, [USER=87200]@ancient coin hunter[/USER]!&nbsp; I&#039;ve bid on Nerva/Agathodaemon tets a few times but so far no luck.&nbsp; &nbsp; The Alexandria mint didn&#039;t issue a huge variety of Nerva tetradrachms (*see end of this post) and of the issues, your Agathodaemon is the type I most want.</p><p><br /></p><p>Emmett&#039;s rarity rating (frequency in his surveyed collections) lists this coin type as 1, or most common.&nbsp; <b>However</b>, his rarity ratings and market availability sometimes do not align.&nbsp; This is one of those times.&nbsp; There are only thirteen different examples in ACsearch, no repeats.&nbsp; While ACsearch does not have every auction house and it doesn&#039;t include private dealers/retailers, it is a good barometer of the last ~17 years, plus a smattering of old or very old catalogs.&nbsp; I guess collectors hang onto these!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no Egyptian Nervas but I have several Agathodaemons, both straight and syncreted <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;ve shown some of these coins several times in the last week.&nbsp; Funny how things come in runs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Plain, wearing a skhent (the double crown representing Upper and Lower Egypt), holding a grain ear in its coins (not well seen here):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hadriantetagath-dattari-e803-rt-jpg.649108/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>billon tetradrachm, 22.5 mm, 12.9 gm</p><p>regnal year 5 (CE 120/1)</p><p>Obv: laureate head right, crescent in right field</p><p>Rev: Agathodaemon serpent standing erect right; L-E</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio plate 71, 1532 (<i>this coin</i>); RPC 5270; Emmett 803.5</p><p><i>ex Dattari Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Agathodaemon riding a horse (and oh how I love this coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianagathodaemononhorse-rt-jpg.759269/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian.</b> Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&amp;G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).</p><p><i>Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection</i></p><p><i>Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110</i></p><p><i>Ex Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 31</i></p><p><i>Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365</i></p><p>Appearances:</p><p>Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (<i>this coin</i>)</p><p>Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (<i>this coin</i>)</p><p>Fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (<i>this coin</i>, discussing the unusual reverse).</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/so-these-exist-snake-cowboys.314032/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Agathodaemon with the head of Serapis:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-59-serapisagathodaemon-rt-jpg.627684/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Regnal year 17</p><p>AE drachm, 33mm</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Serapis-Agathodaemon standing erect right</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2829; Emmett 1678.17</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.1988, G.781)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Agathodaemon with the head of Serapis, riding a horse:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-serapisagathodaemondrachm-rt-jpg.759332/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Æ drachm (32mm, 23.0 g, 12h); RY 23 (CE 159/60)</p><p>Obv: Laureate bust right, slight drapery</p><p>Rev: <b>Serapis-Agathodaemon</b> serpent erect right on horseback advancing right; L K Γ (date) across field. Only the K is visible on this coin but this is the only year of issue for the type</p><p>Ref: Cf. Köln 1852-3; Dattari (Savio) 8939; K&amp;G 35.820; Emmett 1679</p><p><i>Ex X6 Collection.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>*Alexandrian Tetradrachm reverses for Nerva:</p><p><br /></p><p>Agathodaemon standing erect right</p><p>Alexandria bust right, wearing elephant headdress</p><p>Dikaiosyne standing left, holding scales and cornucopia</p><p>Eagle standing right</p><p>Eirene standing left, holding caduceus and corn</p><p>Isis bust right</p><p>Nilus bust right, cornucopia</p><p>Serapis bust right</p><p>Tyche standing right, holding cornucopia, hand on rudder</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two types of dichalkons for Nerva (cornucopia, ibis standing right) but that&#039;s it for his denominations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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