Fine Coins Showcase
Antiquities Showcase
Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Isis||View Options:   | | | Isis was an ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic, nature and fertility, worshiped as the ideal wife and mother. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden, and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers. Worship of Isis spread throughout the Greco-Roman world, continuing until the suppression of paganism in the Christian era. |
Perinthos, later called Heraclea and Marmara Eregli today, is 90 km west of Istanbul near a small pointed headland on the north shore of the Marmara Sea. It is said to have been a Samian colony, founded about 599 B.C. It is famous chiefly for its stubborn and successful resistance to Philip II of Macedon in 340 B.C.; at that time it seems to have been more important than Byzantium itself.GB113945. Bronze AE 21, Schönert-Geiss Perinthos 49, HGC 3.2 1620 (R1), SNG Cop 722 var. (monogram left), F, green patina, weight 6.996 g, maximum diameter 21.3 mm, die axis 0o, Perinthos (Marmara Ereglisi, Turkey) mint, c. 217 - 200 B.C.; obverse Jugate heads of Serapis and Isis right, Sarapis laureate and wearing the atef crown, Isis draped and wearing the basileion of Isis; reverse Apis bull standing left, ΠEPIN/ΘIΩN in two lines above and in exergue, conjoined foreparts of two horses below bull, no monogram; rare; $110.00 (€103.40)
Kyrene, Kyrenaica, North Africa, c. 120 - 96 B.C.
From the time of the late reign of Ptolemy VIII to that of Ptolemy Apion. Ptolemy Apion was a son of Ptolemy VIII, perhaps by an Egyptian concubine. This makes him a half-brother of Ptolemy IX and X. He died without an heir and left his kingdom to Rome.GP114617. Bronze obol, cf. Svoronos Pl. XLVI, 23 - 25 (Ptolemy V), SNG Cop 438 (Ptolemy IV - VIII, c. 221 - 140 B.C.), VF, flan crack, edge a little ragged with splits, obv. edge beveled, central depressions, surfaces a little rough, weight 2.307 g, maximum diameter 16.0 mm, die axis 315o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, c. 120 - 96 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy Soter right with aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, head of Isis right, hair in formal curls down neck, cornucopia below chin; $90.00 (€84.60)
Kyrene, North Africa, Ptolemy Apion, c. 101 - 96 B.C.
Ptolemy Apion was a son of Ptolemy VIII, perhaps by an Egyptian concubine. This makes him a half-brother of Ptolemy IX and X. Ptolemy Apion died in 96 B.C., without an heir, leaving his kingdom to the Roman Republic.
According to Butrey, Apion's coinage was nothing but very small change, with a peak about 1.3 grams. Buttrey notes, "the Greek coinage of Cyrenaica, of glorious tradition, ended in the lamentable small bronzes of Apion."GB110044. Bronze quarter-obol, Buttrey Cyrene 542 - 603, VF, tight flan, dark patina, earthen deposits, weight 1.127 g, maximum diameter 11.6 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, c. 101 - 96 B.C.; obverse diademed head of Ptolemy I as Zeus right, wearing aegis; reverse ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, head of Libya or Isis right; ex Naville auction 65 (30 May 2021), lot 111 (part of); ex Richard Plant collection; rare; $70.00 (€65.80)
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy IX Soter II (Lathyros), 116 - c. 110 B.C.
After Ptolemy VIII died in 116 B.C., Cleopatra III ruled with her mother Cleopatra II and son Ptolemy IX. In 110 B.C., she replaced Ptolemy IX as co-regent with her second son Ptolemy X. Ptolemy IX regained the throne in 109 but was again replaced in 107 B.C. In 101 B.C., Ptolemy X had his mother Cleopatra III murdered and then ruled alone or with his niece and wife, Berenice III.GP114747. Bronze AE 15, cf. Svoronos 1845; Buttrey Cyrene 378; SNG Cop 685, Noeske 392, Weiser -, F, dark green patina, earthen deposits, obv. edge beveled, small edge splits, weight 2.480 g, maximum diameter 15.0 mm, die axis 0o, Kyrene (near Shahhat, Libya) mint, 116 - c. 110 B.C.; obverse horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing diadem; reverse ΠTOΛE BAΣIΛE ΣΩ (or similar), headdress of Isis; $60.00 (€56.40)
Kaunos, Caria, c. 430 - 410 B.C.
Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods. Also a goddess of sea and sky, her father Thaumas "the wondrous" was a marine-god, and her mother Elektra "the amber" a cloud-nymph. She travels with the speed of wind, with golden wings, from one end of the world to the other and into the depths of the sea and the underworld. She is also said to travel on the rainbow while carrying messages from the gods to mortals.GS97272. Silver stater, BMC Cilicia p. 96, 7 & pl. XVI, 3 (same dies, Mallus, Cilicia); Konuk 99 bis; Boston MFA 2110; SNG Keckman 825 var. (no letters), gF, toned, off center, marks and scratches, weight 11.347 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 270o, Kaunos (Dalyan, Turkey) mint, c. 430 - 410 B.C.; obverse Iris running-kneeling left, open curved wings, head turned back right, wearing long chiton, kerykeion in right hand, wreath in left hand (archaic style); reverse pyramidal baetyl, flanked by a bunch of grapes on each side,
(Carian letter) on base of baetyl, ▽ (Carian letter) above inner left, all within incuse square; ex Numismatik Naumann auction 92 (2 Aug 2020), lot 288; SOLDCLICK HERE TO SEE MORE FROM THIS CATEGORY - FORVM's PRIOR SALES
Page created in 1.281 seconds.
