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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2916179, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;ve had to slow down all expenditures and really shouldn&#039;t be buying any new coins, but sometimes that&#039;s just too dang hard.&nbsp; I admired the tet when Eng posted it a couple of years ago and am glad to have it for my collection-- very nice coin, nice pedigree <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; As for the A-Pi drachm... yeah, I&#039;ve wanted it every since stevex6 showed it.&nbsp; I know he&#039;s glad it went to a loving home <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]705075[/ATTACH]</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><br /></p><p>Steve and I jokingly call this the Runway Models reverse.&nbsp; Look at those sassy strutters!</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]705081[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>Regnal year 8, CE 144/5</p><p>AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; [legend]; laureate draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Serapis, wearing modius, standing facing; flanked by the Dioscuri who are also standing facing, heads turned towards Serapis, and each holding a flagellum ; [L] H in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Dattari 2864 (RY2); Dattari-Savio plate 148 coins 2864 and 8724; Emmett 1670.8; Not listed in Milne.</p><p><i>ex Stevex6 Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I love this coin&#039;s reverse which seems to be an overt attempt to combine Egyptian and Roman myths and deities.&nbsp; First, there is Serapis who in and of himself is a mixture... a designer deity devised by Ptolemy I and his advisors.&nbsp; Ptolemy hoped that this new god would combine Egyptian and Roman deities, helping make his own presence and rule more palatable.&nbsp; It worked, and the cult of Serapis spread well beyond Egypt.&nbsp; On this coin he is flanked by Castor and Pollux, thoroughly Greco-Roman figures.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius issued a vast array of interesting reverses in his Egyptian coinage, many of them with native Egyptian, syncretic, or mixed deities.&nbsp; I wonder why.&nbsp; Was there unrest in Egypt during his reign?&nbsp; Was he trying to make them feel more a part of the Roman Empire?&nbsp; I haven&#039;t read any history of Egypt during his reign, have any of you and if so can you point me to some references?</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>After 74 days, electricity at my home has been restored.&nbsp; No cell signal, no internet... but maybe next year.&nbsp; Living without power and water wasn&#039;t really that hard, but without <i>internet</i>?&nbsp; <b>So</b> frustrating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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