Alexandrian drachm: Isis with Harpokrates

Classification

coin

Culture

Egyptian (culture); Roman

Dimensions

diameter: 3.26 cm

Date

144/145 A.D.

Period

Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.); Antonine Period (138–192)

Material

bronze

Iconography

Antoninus Pius ; Isis lactans ; Harpocrates ; shrine (naos, cella); column ; solar disk ; uraeus ; crown, headdress, hairstyle ; chair/throne

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Kákosy, László Collection

Inventory

2003.34.A

ID

Hyp-6610

References

Torbágyi, in BullMusHong 110–111 (2009), 85, 273, no. 40

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