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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Provincial| > |Roman Egypt| > RX79882
Hadrian, 11 August 117 - 10 July 138 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
|Roman| |Egypt|, |Hadrian,| |11| |August| |117| |-| |10| |July| |138| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Provincial| |Egypt|, During mummification, large organs, such as the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines were extracted and placed in four jars. In the Ptolemaic period, the Greeks called these jars "canopic jars," relating them to the deity of the old city Canop (now a village in Abu Kyr). The heart was left in the body because it held the spirit, understanding and senses and would be needed on the Day of Judgment in the underworld.
RX79882. Billon tetradrachm, Milne 1059; Geissen 851; Dattari 1310; BMC Alexandria p. 75, 633; Kampmann 32.253; Emmett 828, aVF, reverse slightly off-center, right side of obverse legend unstruck, areas of corrosion, Alexandria mint, weight 13.213g, maximum diameter 24.2mm, die axis 0o, 29 Aug 123 - 28 Aug 124 A.D.; obverse AYT KAI TPAI AΔPIA CEB, laureate bust right, wearing aegis; reverse Canopus (jar) of Isis wearing crown of horns and disk, uraeus on breast, L - Η (year 8) across fields; SOLD











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