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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Themes & Provenance| ▸ |Gods, Non-Olympian| ▸ |Serapis||View Options:  |  |  | 

Serapis
Claudius, 25 January 41 - 13 October 54 A.D., Roman Egypt

|Roman| |Egypt|, |Claudius,| |25| |January| |41| |-| |13| |October| |54| |A.D.,| |Roman| |Egypt||drachm|
RPC I quotes Walker’s surface analysis of Claudius billon at 21 - 26% silver, a significant drop from the 30% silver for those of Tiberius.

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.
SH110653. Billon drachm, RPC I 5136 (4 spec.); BMC Alexandria p. 10, 78; Kampmann 12.25; Emmett 76/3 (R4); Geissen -; Dattari -; SNG Hunterian -, F, dark patina, earthen deposits, scratches, porosity, weight 3.330 g, maximum diameter 16.0 mm, die axis 0o, Alexandria mint, 42 - 43 A.D.; obverse TI KΛ KA CE AY, laureate head right, L Γ (year 3) right; reverse draped bust of Serapis right, kalathos on head; the best of this type known to FORVM; very rare; $1000.00 (€940.00)
 


Perinthos, Thrace, c. 217 - 200 B.C.

|Perinthus|, |Perinthos,| |Thrace,| |c.| |217| |-| |200| |B.C.||AE| |21|
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)
 


Laodicea ad Lycus, Phrygia, c. 200 - 250 A.D.

|Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus|, |Laodicea| |ad| |Lycus,| |Phrygia,| |c.| |200| |-| |250| |A.D.||assarion|NEW
Laodicea on the Lycus was the ancient Hellenistic metropolis of Phrygia Pacatiana, in Anatolia near the modern village of Eskihisar, Denizli Province, Turkey. It is one of the Seven churches of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation.
RP113339. Bronze assarion, SNG Cop 543 (same obv. die); SNGvA 3828; SNG München 367; BMC Phrygia p. x, 110, aVF, dark green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, weight 4.921 g, maximum diameter 20.5 mm, die axis 180o, Laodicea ad Lycus (near Denizli, Turkey) mint, pseudo antonymous, c. 200 - 250 A.D.; obverse draped bust of Serapis right, wearing kalathos; reverse ΛAOΔIKEΩN, cornucopia overflowing with fruit, bunches of grapes, and grain; ex Tom Vossen (12/2007); $80.00 (€75.20)
 


Roman Egypt, Antinoopolites Nome?, Portrait of Antinous, c. 130 - 153 A.D.?

|Roman| |Tesserae|, |Roman| |Egypt,| |Antinoopolites| |Nome?,| |Portrait| |of| |Antinous,| |c.| |130| |-| |153| |A.D.?||tessera|
On 30 October 130 A.D., Hadrian founded the city of Antinoopolis on the very bank of the Nile river where Antinous drowned. It was the capital of a new nome, Antinoopolites.
RX41306. Lead tessera, Dattari 6536, Geissen 3559 var. (11.23g), Emmett 4397 (R4), F, weight 3.809 g, maximum diameter 20.1 mm, die axis 75o, obverse draped bust of Antinous right, wearing hem-hem crown of Harpocrates, crescent before; reverse Serapis standing left, kalathos on head, right hand raised, long scepter in left; rare; SOLD







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