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Lydia, Tripolis, Serapis / Isis, AE17
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3rd century AD
17mm, 2.24g
obv: bearded and draped bust of Serapis right, wearing modius
rev: TPIΠOΛEITΩN; Isis facing, head left, wearing kalathos and crescent, sistrum in raised right, situla in left hand
BMC 369, 33; SNG von Aulock 3312; SNG München 798
A sistrum is a (percussive) hand instrument, a situla a bucket-shaped vessel.
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