Interesting Antoninus Pius Alexandrian Drachm

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ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 09:50 am Right as I was about to post this asking for ID help, I found it. What threw me is I was searching for a sestertius-- didn't know that coins of that size were called 'drachms' in the provinces. Learned something. Another badly overcleaned and corroded coin but it is still interesting! 33mm, 23.3 gm. I'm not sure of the year of issue since that part of the reverse is corroded beyond hope, but the following attribution is from a similar CNG coin issued regnal year 10 (picture of that coin follows) Quote: EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 29.85 g, 12h). Dated RY 10 (AD 146/7). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Isis seated right, suckling the child Horus (Harpocrates); L deltaЄKATOV (date) around. Köln 1548; Dattari (Savio) 2649; K&G 35.357. Near VF, rough brown surfaces. From Collection CR. Following Alexander's conquest of Egypt, the cult of Isis spread across the Mediterranean, with its popularity reaching its zenith in the Roman period, when the "goddess of a thousand names" became one of the Mediterranean's principle deities. It is generally assumed that the iconography of Isis nursing Harpocrates influenced Christian representations of the Madonna and Child, particularly the Virgo lactans type popular in Medieval Europe. http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=167724 Edited by ThisIsFun 12/01/2013 10:02 am Report this Post to the Staff

pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 11:29 am I shouldn't bother with this rubbish lot of coins any more. Just send the rest to me :) Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 11:37 am yours looks almost as good as that CNG coin, amazing what that went for. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 2:14 pm Another interesting fine. That lot is getting better and better. Report this Post to the Staff
ThisIsFun Pillar of the Community United States 2480 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 3:18 pm I'm ~halfway through the inventory. I intended to make a quick list and then go back and fully attribute each but I Just. Can't. Help. It. I am compelled to look each one up as I go. I think I have them roughly in order (am on the Roman Imperials now) and I just finished 4 Gallienus issues. Three were the usual poor condition although one of those 'scarce'. The last one was actually pretty decent, even has some silver color, is well centered, and everything is legible! It's a VIRTVS AVGVSTI, Hercules Farnese standing right, holding lion'sskin, and club resting on rock, right hand behind his back. Star in right field. RIC 673. There are just a few remaining before hitting the dreaded Constantines. Report this Post to the Staff
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