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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3875221, member: 56859&quot;]Various portrayals of Isis:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Plain Isis:</span></b></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_44c4e46b9df34b8b91de3f509ca39f2a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_625,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_44c4e46b9df34b8b91de3f509ca39f2a~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Vespasian</b></p><p>year 4, CE 71/2</p><p>diobol?, 25.4 mm, 5.45 gm</p><p>Obv: AVTOKKAIΣΣEBAOVEΣΠAΣIANOV; laureate head right</p><p>Rev: bust of Isis left; LΔ in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 217.4 (diobol)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianisisdiobol-dattari-rt-jpg.567830/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</b></p><p>Year 9, CE 89/90</p><p>AE diobol, 25 mm, 9.13 gm</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: bust of Isis right</p><p>Ref: Dattari-Savio Pl 19, 6747 (this coin); Geissen 329; Emmett 296.9, R5</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Isis in her role as overseer of seas and harbors:</span></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/egyptalex-hadriandrachm-isisphariapharos-forvmimages_edited-1-jpg.383864/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian</b></p><p><b>year 18, CE 133/4</b></p><p>Æ drachm, 32 mm, 23.3 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT KAIC TPAIAN A∆PIANOC CEB, laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis Pharia right holding a billowing sail with both hands and left foot, sailing toward the Lighthouse of Pharos, which is surmounted by a statue and two Tritons, each blowing a buccinum (sea shell trumpet); L IH (year 18) above center</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1002(18), R1</p><p><br /></p><p>Another Isis Pharia, a rare version of tetradrachm which somehow escaped [USER=70512]@Okidoki[/USER]&#039;s clutches <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_a55340ac3fea4a0da4b51879611b2d24.jpg/v1/fill/w_976,h_479,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_a55340ac3fea4a0da4b51879611b2d24.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Hadrian tet, year 9, Isis Pharia. Emmett 868.9 (R5)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Isis head with serpent body (Isis Thermouthis), one of my favorite provincials despite its lackluster condition:</span></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domitianobol-isisthermouthis-rt-jpg.544938/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian</b></p><p>AE obol, 20 mm, 5 gm</p><p>regnal year 10, CE 90/91</p><p>Obv: laureate head right</p><p>Rev: AVTKAIΣAPOMITIANOΣΣEBΓEPM; Isis-Thermouthis standing right; LI in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 321.10, R5; RPC 2593; Geissen 376</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Isis-Sothis:</span></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/api-71-isissothis-jpg.627688/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, regnal year 21</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis-Sothis, seated facing and holding a cornucopia and scepter, riding a dog (Sirius?) right; the dog is looking back at Isis</p><p>Ref: Dattari 2680; Emmett 1593.21</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Isis as mother of Horus:</span></b></p><p><b><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ap-isisasmotherintemple-jpg.661020/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>AE drachm, RY 8</p><p>Obv: laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Isis seated right on throne, nursing the infant Harpokrates, all within arched temple with solar disc and uraeus on pediment; L-H</p><p>Ref: Dattari 3044; Emmett 1587.8, R4</p><p><i>Ex Robert L. Grover Collection of Roman-Egyptian Coinage, previously held by the Art Institute of Chicago</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">A Ptolemaic Isis:</span></b></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ptolemyv-isis-rt-jpg.567827/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Ptolemy V-VI</b></p><p>204-145 BCE</p><p>Æ 27mm, 18.4g; Alexandria mint.</p><p>Obv: diademed head of Isis right</p><p>Rev: ΠTOΛEMAIOΥ BAΣIΛEΩΣ; eagle on thunderbolt.</p><p>Ref: Svoronos 1234 and SNG Cop 247 (as Ptolemy IV)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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