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Sorry, RPC, but I don't think it's "head surmounted by crescent"
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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7800319, member: 75937"]I love Antonine coins. I love provincials. I love coins that depict the iconography of paganism. I had to get this one! It appears to be quite scarce, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339422[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161.</font></p><p><font size="3">Roman provincial Æ 18.5 mm, 4.59 g, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 138-161.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ[EΙΝΟϹ?], bare-head, right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Apis-bull standing, right, head surmounted by solar disk and wearing uraeus crown.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: RPC IV.1, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10001" rel="nofollow">10001</a> (temporary); Mionnet 5.89,455; <i>RG</i> I(3).413,118(2) pl. LXIX, 19.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The authors of RPC, in my opinion, err when they describe the bull on the reverse with "<a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10001" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10001" rel="nofollow">head surmounted by crescent</a>," even on the better preserved variety struck with the same reverse die, RPC IV.1, <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5901" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5901" rel="nofollow">5901</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems clear to me that it's a solar disk and Apis is wearing the uraeus crown, as depicted in numerous ancient works of art.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339435[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Egyptian bronze figure of an Apis bull, Dynasty XXVI (665-525 BC), probably Memphis. <a href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4364404" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4364404" rel="nofollow">Christie's Auction, 26 October 2004</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339448[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Life-size basalt statue of the Apis Bull dedicated by Hadrian to Serapis in Alexandria (Egypt), Osiris, Sunken Mysteries of Egypt exhibition, Paris (2015). <a href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6534/apis-bull/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6534/apis-bull/" rel="nofollow">Photo</a> by Carole Raddato.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339442[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Bronze figure of Apis, Lower Egypt, Late Period, about 600 BC. British Museum, <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA37448" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA37448" rel="nofollow">EA 37448</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>In contrast, Mionnet (no. 455) got it right, but didn't mention the uraeus crown worn in conjunction with the solar disk.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339444[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Let's see your bull coins, especially the Apis bull! Or how about any coins with a uraeus?! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7800319, member: 75937"]I love Antonine coins. I love provincials. I love coins that depict the iconography of paganism. I had to get this one! It appears to be quite scarce, too. [ATTACH=full]1339422[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161. Roman provincial Æ 18.5 mm, 4.59 g, 12 h. Bithynia, Nicaea, AD 138-161. Obv: ΑVΤ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ ΑΝΤΩΝ[EΙΝΟϹ?], bare-head, right. Rev: ΝΕΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ, Apis-bull standing, right, head surmounted by solar disk and wearing uraeus crown. Refs: RPC IV.1, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10001']10001[/URL] (temporary); Mionnet 5.89,455; [I]RG[/I] I(3).413,118(2) pl. LXIX, 19.[/SIZE][/INDENT] The authors of RPC, in my opinion, err when they describe the bull on the reverse with "[URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/10001']head surmounted by crescent[/URL]," even on the better preserved variety struck with the same reverse die, RPC IV.1, [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/5901']5901[/URL]. It seems clear to me that it's a solar disk and Apis is wearing the uraeus crown, as depicted in numerous ancient works of art. [ATTACH=full]1339435[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Egyptian bronze figure of an Apis bull, Dynasty XXVI (665-525 BC), probably Memphis. [URL='https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4364404']Christie's Auction, 26 October 2004[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1339448[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Life-size basalt statue of the Apis Bull dedicated by Hadrian to Serapis in Alexandria (Egypt), Osiris, Sunken Mysteries of Egypt exhibition, Paris (2015). [URL='https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6534/apis-bull/']Photo[/URL] by Carole Raddato.[/SIZE][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1339442[/ATTACH] [INDENT][SIZE=3]Bronze figure of Apis, Lower Egypt, Late Period, about 600 BC. British Museum, [URL='https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA37448']EA 37448[/URL].[/SIZE][/INDENT] In contrast, Mionnet (no. 455) got it right, but didn't mention the uraeus crown worn in conjunction with the solar disk. [ATTACH=full]1339444[/ATTACH] [I]Let's see your bull coins, especially the Apis bull! Or how about any coins with a uraeus?! [/I][/QUOTE]
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