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Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D., Roman Provincial Egypt
The ancients did not all 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. The general impression of the ancients seems to have been that by Serapis, was to be understood the beginning and foundation of things. Julian II consulted the oracle of Apollo for the purpose of learning whether Pluto and Serapis were different gods; and he received for an answer that Jupiter-Serapis and Pluto were one and the same divinity.MA95163. Billon tetradrachm, RPC Online IV T1578 (1 spec.), Geissen 1665, Dattari-Savio 2156, Kampmann-Ganschow 35.521, Alexandria mint, weight 11.934g, maximum diameter 22.3mm, die axis 0o, 29 Aug 151 - 28 Aug 152 A.D.; obverse ANTWNEINOC CEB EYCEB, laureate head right; reverse Asclepius standing, facing, head left, patera in right hand held over lighted altar, serpent entwined staff in right hand, date L I-E (year 15) flanking across field; ex Savoca Numismatik, blue auction 6 (7 April 2018), lot 717; SOLD
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