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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2720762, member: 56859&quot;]Ummm, I have more than a <b>pound</b> of these Ptolemaic Zeus-Ammons <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t show them here though since you&#039;ve seen them many times.&nbsp; Instead, here&#039;s a syncretionfest from Alexandria <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Serapis-Ammon</p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b36dedb18c424987b96ff31f5e4d2b15~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Hadrian</b></p><p>year 8, CE 123/4</p><p>billion tetradrachm, 23 mm, 13.2 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp;&nbsp; ...TPAI AΔ... ; laureate bust right, slight drapery; crescent before</p><p>Rev:&nbsp;&nbsp; draped bust of Serapis-Ammon right; L-H across fields</p><p>Ref:&nbsp;&nbsp; Emmett 895.8, R5;&nbsp; Köln 858; Dattari (Savio) 1481; K&amp;G 32.258</p><p>From a Hungarian Collection formed primarily in the 1930’s</p><p><br /></p><p>Zeus-Ammon, wearing solar disc headdress</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%25252Fmedia%25252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%25257Emv2.jpg%25252Fv1%25252Ffill%25252Fw_1000%25252Ch_625%25252Cal_c%25252Cq_85%25252Fae43f8_abf9017292a545e2bc3698d1f7512e99%25257Emv2.jpg%2526hash%253Daa3996bf616fea52624ba3a960ba41c7%26hash%3D8a0a46c0108b5ade84b2b411e71915d1&amp;hash=10e2f7e860b614267eb38ad1b8e2cdec" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa</b></p><p>year 5, CE 221/2</p><p>tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust right</p><p>Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E</p><p>Ref: Emmett 3025.5, R3; Geissen 2376; Dattari 4186</p><p><br /></p><p>Serapis Pantheos, combining attributes of numerous gods including Zeus and Ammon:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_1000%252Ch_625%252Cal_c%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_b9ee9e2118184695ac4f9c105f0fe484.jpg%26hash%3Da5c33d5dc47f056e2819229244eed253&amp;hash=fbd72616420d56f2f304832ff3e476a7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Lucius Verus</b></p><p>year 4, CE 163/4</p><p>tetradrachm, 24 mm, 13.51 gm</p><p>Obv: ΛAVPHΛI OVHPOCCEB; bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust left</p><p>Rev: Radiate and draped bust of Serapis-Pantheos right, wearing calathus and horn of Ammon; trident behind shoulder; ∆/L in right field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2360 (4), R1; Köln 2148; Dattari (Savio) 9420; K&amp;G 39.77</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3d6ec7b8e4f14e649ee4145f6b196609.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 5, CE 141/2</p><p>AE drachm, 20 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate draped bust of Antoninus Pius right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Radiate-headed and draped bust of Serapis Pantheos (Serapis-Ammon-Asklepios-Helios-Nilus-Poseidon), right, wearing kalathos, ram&#039;s horn round ear; at shoulder, cornucopia; behind, trident with snake twined round it, L-Є in right field</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 1676.5, R1; Köln 1412[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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