Egypt. Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, 138-161. Drachm (Bronze, 32.00 mm, 19.86 g) dated RY 10 (= 146-147) [ΑΝΤωΝЄΙΝΟϹ] ϹЄΒ ЄΥϹ ΑΥΤ Κ Τ ΑΙΛ ΑΔΡ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius right. Rev. L Δ Є ΚΑΤΟΥ (date) in semicircle. Isis draped seated right on backed throne, wearing disk crown with horns and plumes, holding the infant Harpokrates crowned with pschent and holding lotus flower in his left hand on her knee. RPC IV.4, 1001. Dattari 2649 var. Geissen 1548. Milne 1918. Emmett 1585. Some die flan splits. Light-brown tone. Slightly rough reverse. About Very Fine.

Ex Pars Coins 11, 21 December 2020, lot 130.

The pharaonic Isis lactans on the reverse ,enthroned with Harpokrates in her arms, the result of her mystical marriage with Osiris, directly recalls the Christian Maria lactans similarly represented.