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| Figure III-2-aga-055. Rearing bearded Agathodaemon serpent with protruding tongue, wearing pschent (sekhemti) crown, holding kerykeion (caduceus) in its coils and facing the goddess Isis-Thermuthis as rearing uraeus hooded cobra with protruding bifurcated tongue, wearing horns and disc crown and holding sistrum in its coils; a club (?) between them. |
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| Billon | Tetradrachm (reverse) |
Alexandria, Egypt |
Hadrian (r. 117-138 AD) |
Roman Imperial, 125-126 AD |
British Museum, London |
| Source-Image(s): Roman Provincial Coinage Online (www.rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk; © The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford and the original holders): Reference № 3.5596.1. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. |
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