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Figure III-2-aga-052. Rearing bearded Agathodaemon serpent with protruding tongue, wearing pschent (sekhemti) crown, holding kerykeion (caduceus) (or grain ear) in its coils and facing the goddess Isis-Thermuthis as rearing uraeus hooded cobra, wearing horns and disc (or double-feathers) crown and holding sistrum (or reed) in its coils; a club (?) between them.

Item: Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
A. Billon Tetradrachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
125-126 AD
Private
B. Billon Tetradrachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
125-126 AD
Private
C. Bronze Drachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
133-134 AD
American Numismatic Society, New York
D. Billon Tetradrachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
125-126 AD
Private
E. Billon Tetradrachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
125-126 AD
Private
F. Bronze Drachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
133-134 AD
Private

Source-Image(s): American Numismatic Society, MANTIS (www.numismatics.org; © American Numismatic Society): C (1974.26.3407); Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © ACSearch.info and the original holders): A (Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 409, 25 April 2013, Lot 871), D (Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch, Auction 95, 30 September 2014, Lot 262), E (Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 267, 5 May 2010, Lot 622); Coin Archives (www.coinarchives.com; © CoinArchives, LLC and the original holders): B (Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 356, 29 July 2015, Lot 409), F (Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 354, 1 July 2015, Lot 439). The representative scale is not universal. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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