| A dry measure unit of grain (approx. 6.7 kg.) symbolizing the fertility and bounty of the earth. Worn as a headdress by Sarapis to symbolize his association with Hades and the underworld. Some coins depict Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter, spouse to Hades on the side of the modius. | |
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| Milne 1558 | Hadrian |
| Curtis(1990) p. 188 coin 75 | |