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And 2 points for the man in the iron mask  That "infant riding goat" is quite something  |
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Edited by CoinsKelly
11/28/2012 07:22 am
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Pillar of the Community
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My favorite Apollo coins are on my page but would be unappreciated by management here. I am amazed at the variety of well dressed Apollos displayed so far on this thread. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do.../apollo.htmlThis thread reminds me that I need to replace those old photos on that site. So many date to when I overcompressed too small images for the benefit of dial up modem users. |
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That Hadrianopolis of yours really is gorgeous  (  ) Edited by Dionysos
11/29/2012 09:07 am
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Good work Dionysos  an excellent choice of symbol. I've just viewed the 'full moon' original and I'm happy to report my moral fabric is un-shook, my sexuality is unchanged and I do not intend to commit any crimes in the near future, who would have guessed! |
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I sure hope we don't have to worry about nudity on ancient art--or even Renaissance art.  With only a few exceptions, coins don't get very explicit.  |
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i find these salacious coins deeply disconcerting...
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 Great Persecution 305-312 AE Quarter Nummus GENIO ANTIOCHENI, Tyche of Antioch seated, river-god Orontes swimming below. APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre, E in right field, SMA in exergue.  Thrace, Abera 4th C. BC AE 15mm, 4.2g. Male head (Apollo?) in linear square, ABD HPI TE WN (magistrate Aristeos) Griffin resting on club HPA below. |
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And 2 points for Doucet  Keep 'em coming  |
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I really like the reverse on the Gordian III.
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Tregonianus Gallus, June 251 to May 353, minted this coin in Autumn 251 with legend APOLL SALVTARI [Apollo the healer] and Apollo standing left holding branch and his attribute, the lyre.  Apollo was the god of healing (as well as other things) and this coin "must refer to the plague" [RIC page 154] which was raging in Rome and which killed the son of Trajan Decius, Hostilian, who had survived Trajan Decius and been raised to the rank of Augustus under Gallus, but who died shortly into their joint reign. -- Warren |
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Antiochus III was a Seleucid King in the region of Syria from 223-187 BC. He minted this 27 mm tetradrachm which says "of King Antiochus" down either side of a naked Apollo holding an arrow in his right hand and resting his left on a bow. He is seated left on the omphalos, the "naval" stone at Delphi which was regarded as the center of the earth (as the naval is the center of the body). Apollo was important at Delphi. This type was the primary reverse type for Seleucid tetradrachms for over 100 years.  |
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They are my kind of coins Augustus ^^ Good work :)
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2 points for Warren Great coins all, glad to see that many can manage to enter both a Greek and a Roman coin  |
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I request the removal of my altered image from this post.
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Posted 11/28/2012 07:22 am
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