ISIS -- Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, 145 - 116 B.C.

ISIS -- Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II, 145 - 116 B.C.

Isis was an Egyptian goddess, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshiped as the ideal mother, wife, matron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. Isis is the Goddess of motherhood and fertility.

Bronze AE 33, Svoronos 1491; SNG Cop 332; Noeske 250; BMC Ptolemies p. 93, 67 ff.; Weiser -; Hosking -, aF, Alexandria mint, weight 20.223g, maximum diameter 31.3mm, die axis 0o, obverse head of Isis right, hair in long curls, wreathed in grain; reverse PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread, head left. OF UTMOST NUMISMATIC RARITY.

A RARE example of a HOT psychometric coin with a great deal of eye-appeal.

The color of the coin is very much reminiscent of gold, yet it is ancient bronze.

The "feel" of this coin is that it is dedicated to Isis and that somehow it may have been among a number of coins that had been blessed by priests or Priestesses of Isis in the long-distant past.

A very unusual psychometric, with the "heat" centered around the invocation of Isis rather than a local earthbound "story". It is priced according to its psychometric value and extreme rarity in addition to its numismatic rarity.

$495.00