Serpentarium Mundi by Alexei Alexeev The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD)
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Figure III-2-aga-056. Rearing bearded Agathodaemon serpent, wearing pschent (sekhemti) crown, holding kerykeion (caduceus) in its coils and facing the goddess Isis-Thermuthis as rearing uraeus hooded cobra, wearing horns and disc crown and holding sistrum in its coils; a club (?) between them.

Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
Billon Tetradrachm
(reverse)
Alexandria,
Egypt
Hadrian
(r. 117-138 AD)
Roman Imperial,
125-126 AD
Private

Source-Image(s): Coin Archives (www.coinarchives.com; © CoinArchives, LLC and the original holders): Heritage World Coin Auctions, Long Beach Signature Sale 3042, 17 September 2015, Lot 32183. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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