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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Broucheion, post: 26111568, member: 104887&quot;]Hi [USER=148792]@Milo W[/USER],</p><p><br /></p><p>As you’ve noted, there is mulch Egyptionizing in these tokens. Can you give me a citation to the paper(s) that describe this series? I’d like to learn a bit more about this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few notes for your files. The coiled serpent is most probably an agathothemon (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemon" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemon</a> ). Lots of religious significance here.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bull with crescent mark is the Apis bull. More Egyptian religious connotations. The Apis has connections to Osiris and Isis, but note that by the 2-3 century CE these originally Egyptian deities were worshipped throughout the empire. The crescent marking on the bull was thought to be the marker, a sign from heaven, of its holy nature. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(deity)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(deity)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_(deity)</a> where the entry notes:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>“In the region where Ptah was worshiped, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle" rel="nofollow">cattle</a> exhibited white patterning on their mainly black bodies, and so a belief grew up that the Apis calf had to have a certain set of markings suitable to its role. It was required to have a white <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle" rel="nofollow">triangular</a> marking upon its forehead, a white <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_vulture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_vulture" rel="nofollow">Egyptian vulture</a> wing outline on its back, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarab_(artifact)" rel="nofollow">scarab</a> mark under its tongue, a white <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon" rel="nofollow">crescent moon</a> shape on its right flank, and double hairs on his tail.”</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Finally, keep in mind that Hermes was associated with the Egyptian Horus, son of Osiris and Isis.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for posting this series with your notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Broucheion[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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