@DonnaML You are of course right that there were many pharaohs. But in the Fayyum basin there was a widespread cult for the Pharaoh Amenemhet III...
Dear friend of ancient Coins! Pharaohs on ancient coins are very rare. This is one of these rare coins. It is a Nome coin, which shows the...
@NewStyleKing Thank you for this interesting contribution. Jochen
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! Besides the well-known greek gods and the great Mother Goddesses of the Orient there is a number of smaller...
@doucet Thank you for sharing your opinion. I have thought of that too because of the shape of the statuette. I would like to point out that the...
@Ryro Beautiful pics. Thank you. Winged muses were new to me. But the figure is certainly Eros. The real problem is the small statuette he carries...
Dear Friends of ancient coins! I had already posted this coin in the German forum a few years ago, but no result was achieved. I am therefore...
@SensibleSal66 The laurel branch was an attribute of Apollo. The fact that Amphilochos holds a laurel branch in his hand identifies him as a seer...
Desr Friends of Ancient mythology! The next coin with a mythological theme is about Amphilochos the seer. The Coin: Cilicia, Mallos, Valerian...
Thanks, Jochen
@zumbly What a wonderful and mythological important coin! Jochen
@zumbly I would like to know what is in the box! Jochen
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! It was my intention to write an article about Mantho already since a longer time. Now where we have had a...
@Brian Bucklan Here are my attributions (with some corrections too) Coin #1: We have 2 Ares types for Macrinus. Because the rev. legend of your...
@Brian Bucklan, @cmezner! These names go back to Pick in AMNG (1898). His main argument was that e.g. in Markianopolis, Odessos and other cities...
@hotwheelsearl Thank you for your post. I think one should deal with such badly preserved coins too, because they are over 1800 years old...
Dear @cmezner! Thank you for your post. For sure it is Macrinus from Nikopolis ad Istrum with Zeus on rev. This motive is known from 3 types with...
@Sulla80: Thank you for your addition. Jochen
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! For all who are interested: This topic belongs to the ambit of Apollo Smintheus and the Trojan War. The coin:...
Dear Friends of ancient mythology! Sometimes when you search for the mythological background of a coin you get other results than expected. This...
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