You missed my posts over the summer... I've also became quite a big Sassanid enthusiast :) Shahanshah Khurso II [img] AR Drachm RY 25...
Beautiful Desert Patinas!
Byzantion, Thrace [img] AR Half Siglos 357-340BC ΠΥ Heifer standing left on dolphin foreleg raised (no legend) Incuse square of mill-sail...
Every single time I have bought a coin from them it takes forever for them to ship.
Amazing Coin! Interesting and very Distinctive
There is such a thing... I know of one where I live.
In this case, it started with the Greeks, who would sync gods from other lands with theirs. Heracles was identified with the Phoenician god...
The Romans, along with the Greeks, got rid of this 'primitive practice' by the time that Homer wrote his epics, according to Homer.
Great Massive Coin! Shahanshah Khurso II AR Drachm [img] RY 25 (615/616 AD) Ohrmazd-Ardaxšīr (AW) mint Two rings surrounding, Pahlavi Script...
Very well written, bar the following sentence. The fathers of the brides wouldn't have been given a dowry anyway. The dowry was given to the...
I was talking about the non-Eleusinian Triptolemos. Specifically, the Sicilian myths where Persephone-Tanit was the 'milk-sister' of Triptolemos
Nice coin! I really like the myth of Triptolemos, which I'll leave for you to research
The Tapeian rock, in Rome, was named after her, specifically the place she was buried. Also, current though is that the Rape of the Sabines is...
Great Coin Dionysos! I'm not going to be on much for the next few weeks... Rome II: Total War came out on Tuesday, so I have been playing that...
Ashoka the Great AR Drachm 272-232 BC Punchmarks [img] Mitchiner 4227-4228 [img] Mitchiner 4173-4174
We will do Rulers first, and maybe Cities after that.
It was JA's idea.
Macedonian Kingdom Alexander (III) the Great [IMG] AE13 c.323-315 BC Salamis, Cyprus (no legend) Facing gorgon at center of ornamented...
Let's make a thread of rulers by alphabetical order. Only coins you own are allowed. (slightly changed :D) Post coins of rulers whose names...
I'll post it now, 2 days per letter.
Separate names with a comma.