Tomorrow is Mother's Day....

... so let's see some coins with Magna Mater (Cybele).

ROME. 1st-3rd century AD
PB Tessera (18mm, 4.11 g, 12 h)
Cybele riding right on lion, holding transverse scepter
Attis standing right, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long scepter and ears of grain
Rostowzew 3213, pl. X, 14 var. (no legend); München 631 var. (same); BM 1356-9 var. (same)
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Note all have lions:

Two from Julia Domna


Caracalla and Geta from Marcianopolis


Gordian III from Marcianopolis

 

C Fabius CF Hadrianus Roman Republic Fourree Denarius; Gens Fabia

 

P. FURIUS CRASSIPES ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius; GENS FURIA

 

FAUSTINA Sr AE Sestertius

 

Earth Mother.........

 

"sweet"

Ummm, is she wearing a toque?

=> Happy Mother's Day!!

 

Ardatirion => I searched my entire collection and sadly discovered that I do not have a single example with "Cybele" (I thought for sure that I had one, but I must not have won the coin ... so maybe I'll toss it back onto my wish-list, so I'll be able to post a winner for "next" year's Mother's Day thread!!)

=> well, I should go and make my wife breakfast in bed (that is always a sound idea, eh?)

 

Jerry, today is the day to make some brownie points with that good looking (and much younger) wife of yours.

 

I'd make it in the kitchen myself........... but then, maybe you're talking about something entirely different.

 

I don't understand??????? (lol)

 

Yes, let's all thank and appreciate moms today. If they're like my mom, it's much deserved.

 

The best I can do for mothers is this Theodora - she is holding a baby after all...