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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3875341, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a fascinating article, [USER=91240]@SeptimusT[/USER] . I wish I had more examples of Alexandrian coinage with Egyptian iconography (but [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] gobbles them all up!). I do, of course, have some Roman imperial issues depicting Isis. This one is common, but depicts the sistrum and situla well:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/claudius-ii-salvs-avg-isis-and-sistrum-jpg.850097/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Claudius II Gothicus, AD 268-270.</p><p>Roman billon antoninianus, 4.07 g, 22.4 mm, 5 h.</p><p>Antioch, officina 5, issue 1, end 268-end 269.</p><p>Obv: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right.</p><p>Rev: SALVS AVG, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla; Є in exergue.</p><p>Refs: RIC 217A; MER/RIC temp 1024; Cohen 256; RCV 11370; Huvelin 1990, 10; Normanby 1109.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your example is interesting in that it has a left-facing bust of Claudius II. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also have a denarius depicting Isis and baby Horus/Harpocrates:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-saecvli-felicitas-denarius-laodicea-jpg.1017897/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.07 g, 18.2 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Uncertain Eastern mint (Antioch?; formerly attributed to Laodicea), AD 196-202.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS, Isis standing right, left foot on prow, holding infant Horus on left arm, right hand on breast; on left, rudder.</p><p>Refs: RIC 645; BMCRE 618; Cohen 174; RCV --; CRE 353.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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