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Lot 66. Severus Alexander AE26, Isinda
Cult-busts of Serapis and Isis
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Current time: Monday, November 25th, 11:27:21 CET
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CHF 300.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 322.07 / USD 336.59 / GBP 267.74
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CHF 300.00
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Bidder 1 *
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2016-04-21, 03:46:06
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Bidder 1
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eAuction #47, Lot 66. Estimate: CHF 375.00
Severus Alexander, as Caesar (222 AD). AE26 (11.21 g), Isinda, Pisidia.
Obv. AYPHΛI AΛЄΞANΔPON KAI, bare-headed bust to right, heroically nude but for Aegis.
Rev. ICINΔЄΩN, draped cult-busts of Serapis, wearing kalathos, and Isis, wearing lotus flower, vis à vis on ground line.
Von Aulock Pisidien I, 838-9 (same dies). SNG Paris -. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock -.
Extremely rare, Aulock knew just two specimens. Very fine.
From the François Righetti Collection, ex CNG EA220 (2009), 317 and that of his brother Jean-Pierre, Münzen & Medaillen GmbH 16 (2005), 770.
This really is a two-sided coin in as much as that both the obverse and reverse are highly interesting. We are looking at a 13-year old prince that is depicted not as a child but as a strong and muscular heros, with the aegis bound around his neck further emphasizing his divine traits. The reverse, however, shows us the cult-busts of both Serapis and his wife Isis, two Egyptian deities whose worship had soon spread all over the Roman empire, too. It is very rare to find such a depiction of cult-busts rather than cult-statues, making this a highly unusual coin.
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