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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5490377, member: 110350&quot;]If we&#039;re expanding to Provincials, here&#039;s an Antoninus Pius tetradrachm from Alexandria that does more than show a deity just standing around: it shows one (namely Isis) sitting down with a baby god (Harpocrates) on her lap, getting ready to nurse him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 23 (159-160 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate and draped bust right, ΑΝΤѠΝΙΝΟϹ - ϹƐΒ ƐVϹƐΒ (counterclockwise from upper right) /Isis crowned with disk, horns, and plumes, seated right offering her right breast to crowned Harpocrates [&quot;Horus-as-Child&quot;] seated on her lap; Harpocrates extends his right hand towards her and holds lotus flower in left hand; crowned falcon [Horus] perched right on left end of back of throne, L -&nbsp; Γ [G] /K [= Year 23] across field.&nbsp; Emmett 1402.23; Milne 2403; Dattari (Savio) 2257; RPC IV.4 Online, 13938 (temporary) (see <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938" rel="nofollow">https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/13938</a>); Köln (Geissen) 1842 [same dies, see RPC Online 13938 at the link provided, Example 3]. 21x28 mm., 11.67 g. <i>Ex. Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., 168th B<b>uy or </b>Bid Sale, March 16, 2010<b>, </b>Lot 475<b>. </b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239507[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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