Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3245351, member: 56859&quot;]Me too!!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to get one of this type, with the head held behind the standing figure.&nbsp; Gorgeous coin!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Head of Serapis being held:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/maximian-alexandria-serapishead-tet-dattari-border-jpg.665613/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Maximian</b></p><p>potin tetradrachm, regnal year 1 (CE 285/6)</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing left, holding the head of Serapis and a sceptre; L-A</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl. 285, 10657 (this coin); Emmett 4093.1</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipi-tet-alexandriaholdingserapis-rt-jpg.705075/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip I</b></p><p>Regnal year 4, CE 246/7</p><p>Billon tetradrachm; 23mm, 13.4g</p><p>Obv: A K M IOV ΦIΛIΠΠOC ЄYC; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.</p><p>Rev: Alexandria standing facing, towered head left, holding bust of Serapis in right hand, vertical scepter in left; L Δ (date) across field.</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3469.4; Dattari 4856 and 4857; Förschner (Frankfurt Museum) 973-975; Curtis 1320; Savio (Museum Osnabrück) 1895-1896; Dattari-Savio plate 257, coins 4856, 4857, and 10518</p><p><i>ex Eng Collection</i></p><p><i>ex Zach Beasley</i></p><p><i>ex Keith Emmett Collection</i></p><p><i>ex Decus 1986</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Head of Serapis as the main device:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/alextet-hadrian-sarapis-e889-jpg.406428/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>year 4, CE 119/20</p><p>tetradrachm, 25 mm, 13.3 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTKAITPAI AΔPIACEB; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: draped bust of Serapis right; L - Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 889.4, R4; Dattari (Savio) 7462 var. (without crescent); K&amp;G 32.124</p><p><br /></p><p>Serapis-headed serpents:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-59-serapisagathodaemon-rt-jpg.627684/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></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><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago (1982.1988, G.781)</i></i></p><p><br /></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: Serapis-Agathodaemon 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>Other syncretic versions of Serapis:</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_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%26hash%3Da5c33d5dc47f056e2819229244eed253&amp;hash=fbd72616420d56f2f304832ff3e476a7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus</b></p><p>year 4, CE 163/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of <b>Serapis-Pantheos</b> right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&amp;G 39.77</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_3d6ec7b8e4f14e649ee4145f6b196609.jpg_srb_p_1000_518_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=49f6ddacefb9fbbed2289d361d70942d" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 5, CE 141/2</p><p>AE drachm, 20 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of <b>Serapis-Pantheos</b> right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident and cornucopia behind; L-Є in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1676.5, R1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b36dedb18c424987b96ff31f5e4d2b15~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p>year 8, CE 123/4</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.2 gm</p><p>Obv: ...TPAI AΔ... ; laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before</p><p>Rev: draped bust of <b>Serapis-Ammon</b> right; L-H across fields</p><p>Ref: Emmett 895.8, R5; Köln 858; Dattari (Savio) 1481; K&amp;G 32.258</p><p>From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in