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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 3876458, member: 91240&quot;]Very happy to see so many people interested in these types. Some beautiful coins posted here; going to have to add Isis Thermouthis and other reptile-hybrid types to the research list (and the want list...). [USER=57495]@zumbly[/USER]&#039;s festival of Isis coinage is especially fascinating, seeing as it was issued under a Christian emperor. The fact that the image is so similar to the Claudius II type shows the staying power of ancient iconography.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &#039;Canopus&#039; types, I am astounded by the amount of detail shown in the decoration on some of the coins. As [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&#039;s example shows, they closely parallel the actual statues (which were indeed solid) which they depict. Here is Wild&#039;s example for the Type B style, which closely parallels Zumbly&#039;s coin; these are a distinct iconography, not a poorly executed representation of Type A:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024093[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Since we&#039;re sharing, here are a couple other interesting Alexandrians that I haven&#039;t shown before, which didn&#039;t fit into the thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024085[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AE Drachm of Hadrian, Alexandria, AD 134/5; 34mm, 24.27g, RPC 6001</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡAIAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC СƐΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>:L ENNEAK • Δ , Harpocrates of Heracleopolis facing,head l., raising finger to lips and holding club; to l., altar</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024086[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>AE Drachm of Trajan, Alexandria, AD 111/2; 35mm, 19.75g, RPC 4624</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: ΑΥΤ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ СƐΒ ΓƐΡΜ ΔΑΚΙΚ, Laureate bust right</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: LIE, Draped bust of Serapis wearing kalathos and laurel wreath right, on globe held by two Nikes with palm-branches[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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