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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3245361, member: 82322&quot;]What is the defining characteristic of Serapis?&nbsp; I ask because of this coin, which features a bearded head with no modius, was described as Zeus-Serapis by CNG:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850548[/ATTACH] </p><p>SELEUKID EMPIRE. Antiochos IV Epiphanes. 175-164 BC. Æ (43mm, 71.83 g, 1h). “Egyptianizing” series. Antioch on the Orontes mint. Struck 169-168 BC.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus-Serapis right, wearing tainia with Osiris crown at tip</p><p>Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY EΠIΦANOYΣ (King Antiochos God Manifest); Eagle standing right on thunderbolt.</p><p>Refs: <i>SC</i> 1412; <i>HGC</i> 9, 642.</p><p>ex-Classical Numismatic Group, e-Auction 426, August 2018, <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=364270" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=364270" rel="nofollow">lot 221</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is large and heavy!&nbsp; I can&#039;t think of a larger or heavier Seleukid coin.&nbsp; It would have been even heavier without the huge hole that the cataloger has described as a &quot;flan flaw&quot;![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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