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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4484745, member: 96898&quot;]I don&#039;t have any Isis and Horus coins (yet), but if the scene on your denarius reminds you of the today much better-known religious iconography found, for example, on this coin, it&#039;s no coincidence:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113493[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Hungary, under Ferdinand I, AR denár, 1538 AD, Kremnitz mint. Obv: FERDINAND • D • G • R • VNG • 1538 •; quartered shield with stripes (Árpad), double cross (Hungary), leopard heads (Dalmatia), and lion (Bohemia); central inescutcheon with Austrian arms. Rev: PATRONA •*• VNGARIE; Madonna with child; in fields, K–B. 16mm, 0.62g. Ref: Huszár 935.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The Christian iconography of the Virgin and Child to a large part derives from Roman-Egyptian depictions of Isis and Horus/Harpocrates. Early Christians simply adopted preexisting religious images to fit their new beliefs.</p><p><br /></p><p>This 2nd to 3rd c. AD statue of Isis breastfeeding Harpocrates, which is roughly contemporary to your coin, was even reworked into a <i>Maria lactans</i> later on. It is part of the permanent exhibition in the Bode Museum in Berlin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113496[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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