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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Tomis| > RP79702
Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Tomis, Moesia Inferior
|Tomis|, |Severus| |Alexander,| |13| |March| |222| |-| |March| |235| |A.D.,| |Tomis,| |Moesia| |Inferior|, The ancients did not agree on the attributes of Serapis. A passage in Tacitus affirms that many recognized in this god, Aesculapius, imputing healing to his intervention; some thought him identical with Osiris, the oldest deity of the Egyptians; others regarded him as Jupiter, possessing universal power; but by most he was believed to be the same as Pluto, the "gloomy" Dis Pater of the infernal regions. On this coin, Pluto's influence is evident with the fearsome Kerberos at Serapis' feet.
RP79702. Bronze tetrassaria, Varbanov I 5428 (R4), AMNG I/II 3146, Moushmov 2152, SNG Cop -, SNG Stancomb -, SNG Munchen -, VF, green patina, light corrosion, Tomis (Constanta, Romania) mint, weight 11.037g, maximum diameter 26.6mm, die axis 0o, 222 - 235 A.D.; obverse AVT K M AVP CEV AΛEZANTNΔPOC, laureate head right; reverse MHTPO ΠONTOY TO, MEΩC in ex, Hades-Serapis seated left, scepter in left, right extended over three-headed dog Kerberos at feet, Δ (mark of value) upper left; SOLD











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