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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2475684, member: 56859&quot;]As usual, those are some stellar coins, [USER=76111]@Carthago[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an interesting caduceus to offer.&nbsp; In Roman Egypt, syncretism was was common.&nbsp; This coin shows the god Hermanubis, a creation of Roman Egypt melding Greek Hermes and Egyptian Anubis.&nbsp; Both had similar roles as conductors of souls and interlocution between mortals and gods.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/philipii-hermanubis-tet-e3592-4c-r1-rt_edited-1-jpg.508256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Philip II as Caesar</b></p><p>Regnal year 4 of Philip I, CE 246/7</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 22 mm, 12.8 gm</p><p>Obv: MIOVΦIΛIΠΠOCKCEB; cuirassed bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Hermanubis standing facing, head right, winged caduceus in right arm and palm branch in left hand; jackal left at feet; L-Δ</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3592.4(Caesar); Milne 3676</p><p><br /></p><p>Often portrayed as a jackal-headed man carrying a caduceus, on this coin he appears as a regular man with a jackal at his feet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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