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| Figure III-2-aga-053. 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/poppy ball) in its coils; a club (?) between them. |
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| 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 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| C. | Bronze | Drachm (reverse) |
Alexandria, Egypt |
Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) |
Roman Imperial, 133-134 AD |
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow |
| D. | Bronze | Drachm (reverse) |
Alexandria, Egypt |
Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) |
Roman Imperial, 133-134 AD |
Private |
| E. | Billon | Tetradrachm (reverse) |
Alexandria, Egypt |
Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) |
Roman Imperial, 125-126 AD |
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow |
| F. | Bronze | 28 mm coin (reverse) |
Alexandria, Egypt |
Marcus Aurelius (r. 161-180 AD) |
Roman Imperial, 177 AD |
Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
| Source-Image(s): Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (www.mfa.org; © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): B (1985.1127); Hunterian Museum (www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk; © The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow): C (45096), E (45001); Roman Provincial Coinage Online (www.rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk; © The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford and the original holders): F (4.15254.temp.2); Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © ACSearch.info and the original holders): A (Roma Numismatics, Auction 8, 28 September 2014, Lot 772), D (Emporium Hamburg, Auction 68, 15 November 2012, Lot 336). 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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