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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3245742, member: 75937&quot;]Some provincials depicting Serapis, demonstrating the god with different attributes and different poses:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850703[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244, and Tranquillina.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ (tetrassarion?), 11.72 g, 25.5 mm, 7 h.</p><p>Thrace, Anchialos, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ꜸΓ CЄB | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ | ΛEΙΝΑ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian, right, facing diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina, left.</p><p>Rev: ΟVΛΠΙΑΝWΝ ΑΓΧΙΑΛΕWΝ, Homonoia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos and holding patera and inward-facing cornucopiae.</p><p>Refs: AMNG II (Strack) 650; Varbanov 726; SNRIS Anchialos 14; Moushmov --; SNG Cop --; BMC --; Lindgren --; Sear --.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850704[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gordian III, with Tranquillina, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ Pentassarion; 26.1 mm, 13.33 g, 6:00.</p><p>Thrace, Odessos, AD 241-244.</p><p>Obv: ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC ΑVΓ CЄ | ΤΡΑΝΚVΛ|ΛЄΙΝΑ, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Tranquillina left</p><p>Rev: ΟΔΗC - CЄΙΤΩΝ, Sarapis standing left, extending arm and holding scepter; E (denomination) in left field</p><p>Refs: AMNG I 1696; Moushmov 1696; Varbanov 4599; SNRIS Odessus 15 (a9).</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s an imperial issue of Caracalla:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]850705[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caracalla, AD 198-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 2.9g, 19mm, 6h.</p><p>Rome, issue 10, AD 217.</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: PM TRP XX COS IIII PP; Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing, head left, holding wreath and scepter.</p><p>Refs: RIC 289c; BMCRE 188; Cohen/RSC 382; RCV 6846; Hill 1586.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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