★ Festival of Isis ★

Festival of Isis AE Nummus, very rare, ex CNG

Festival of Isis , mid 4th century. AE Nummus (15-17 mm, 1.58 g), Alexandria.
Obv. DEO SERAPIDI, Draped bust of Serapis to right, wearing modius.
Rev. SANCTO NILO, Nilus reclining left on hippopotamus (?), holding reed in his right hand and cornucopiae with his left; ALE in exergue.
Alföldi, Festival pl. IV, 35; Vagi 2959.

Very rare. An unusually clear example. Very fine.

Ex CNG eAuction 331 (2014), lot 349.