AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF COINS OF JULIAN II (THE PHILOSOPHER) AND THE FESTIVAL OF ISIS
The Festival of Isis Faria
Æ 3, 4th century AD, Æ 2.50 g. DEO SA – RAPIDI Draped bust of Serapis r. Rev. VOTA – PV – [B] – L – IC – A Isis, with sistrum and sceptre, riding facing on the Sothis-dog running r. and looking backwards. Alföldi 153.
Pierced and possibly an 19th century cast. About very fine
Ex Sternberg sale XXXIII, 1997,386.