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Silver medallion with a syncretic goddess [Private collection] [d/b]

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Silver medallion with an image of a syncretic deity, a goddess which has attributes of Isis [hair], Fortuna [cornucopia], Athena [aegis], Demeter [?] & Tyche [crown].

Dated to the 2nd century, Eastern Roman

Height: 9.5 cm. Width: 8.5 cm

ex: private German collection, 1960’s

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures III. (New York, 2005) p.33

Comparandum: Grenier, J-C; La Decoration Statuaire du Serapeum du Canope de la Villa Adriana (1990) pp.34, 38-40

SOURCE [September 2022] https://www.antiquariumancientart.com/antiquities/4137

Medallion is described by H. Markaryan as Isis-Fortuna & Horus-Harpocrates.

Асмик Маркарян [Hasmik Markaryan]
“A GOLD MEDALLION FROM GAVAR [Armenia] WITH THE IMAGE OF ISIS – DEMETER AND HORUS – HARPOCRATES”
National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia 2021 https://www.academia.edu