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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Macromius, post: 2985107, member: 90772&quot;]As strictly an amateur and a collector of Isis coins, I thought I would add my two cents here. Two things:</p><p><br /></p><p>Isis coins are saleable enough to be commonly faked. (I don&#039;t see any suspect ones here.) They appeal greatly to non-coin collectors like new age religious types, Goddess worshipers, etc. There seem to be an awful lot of them for sale lately, many coming from Spain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Isis coins are frequently described as being Cleopatra I, but I wonder if this is just a sales pitch. There seems to be various types. Generic stylized types, and then scarcer types that seem closer to being actual portraits. I am attaching one of my own (with unsightly die cud), as an example. Notice the bulging Ptolemy eye and the puffy cheeks. There&#039;s an inbred Ptolemy look which is easy to spot. (I love this and always look for it.) Maybe it&#039;s just the different Die cutters styles? I wish there was a scholarly study on facial types found on these coins that I could read. I do know that there were Hellenistic queens who actually thought they <i>were </i>Isis and had their own cults!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]735149[/ATTACH]</p><p>Could this be a die match below? Found online. Not my photo.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]735150[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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