Festival of Isis. Æ (13mm, 1.08 g, 12h). Mid-late 4th century AD. Rome mint. DE[O SA]-RAPIDI, radiate and draped bearded bust of Serapis right, wearing modius / VOTA PVBLICA, Nilus reclining left, holding ship in right hand, reed in left, and leaning with his left arm on an overturned urn, from which water flows. Bricault & Mondello 168, S117.1 = Tesorillo 31/5, 241 (same dies) and Bricault & Mondello 168, S117.4 = Tesorillo 31/4, 226 corr. (obv. legend; same dies); Alföldi, Festival 194 var. (obv. legend); Vagi 3373. Very rare.
Ex Sol Numismatik XLIV (26 July 2025), lot 682.
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