| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 558 | Auction date: 20 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 457 Price realized: 120 USD (Approx. 111 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Drachm (33mm, 23.45 g, 12h). Dated RY 12 (AD 148/9). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Isis seated right on throne, holding infant Harpokrates; all within distyle Egyptian-style temple façade, crown of solar disk and horns in pediment; L ΔωΔЄ KATOV (date) around. Köln 1611; Dattari (Savio) 3046; K&G 35.437; RPC IV.4 Online 1109; Emmett 1587.12. Earthen brown patina, light roughness, small edge flaw. Near VF. Following Alexander's conquest of Egypt, the cult of Isis spread across the Mediterranean, with its popularity reaching its zenith in the Roman period, when the "goddess of a thousand names" became one of the Mediterranean's principal deities. It is generally recognized that the iconography of Isis nursing Harpocrates influenced Christian representations of the Madonna and Child, particularly the Virgo lactans type popular in Medieval Europe. Estimate: 150 USD |  |
