In Serapis We Trust

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In Serapis We Trust


Nero - Roman Provinical Egypt Tetradrachm - Serapis
Radiate head right
NEPO KLAY KAIS SEB GEP
(Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Draped bust of Serapis right, date LI (year 10) right
AYTO KPA (Emperor)
Struck: AD 64, Alexandria Mint
Size: 24.0mm
Weight: 12.07gm
Catalog: Milne 222


Trajan - Provincial Billon Tetradrachm - Alexandria Egypt - Serapis
Laureate head right, star to right
AYT TPAIAN API - CEB GEPM DAKIK
(Emperor Trajan API Augustus Germanicus Dacius)
Serapis right, date LI - H in fields (year 18)
Struck: AD 114-115, Alexandria
Size: 25mm
Weight: 12.95gm
Catalog: Milne 726


Antoninus Pius - Provincial Billon Tetradrachm - Alexandria Egypt - Serapis
Obverse:
Laureate head right
CEB EYCEB ANTONIN (Augustus Pius Antoninus)
Reverse:
Bust of Serapis right, wearing taenia, L - H across fields (year 8)
Struck: AD 144-145
Size: 25mm
Weight: 14.30gm
Catalog: Milne 1782

Serapis was a Greek-Egyptian god invented by the Ptolemy I,
around the time of Alexander the Great.
He wears a modius on his head, a grain-basket.