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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4615030, member: 73473"]Yep, thats Troy!</p><p>Here is my only coin I got from there; I was inspired to get this coin by listening to the Iliad on audio book a few months ago.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1143050[/ATTACH]</p><p>Greek Troas. Ilion 301-281 BC.</p><p>Bronze Æ 11 mm., 1,82 g Very Fine</p><p><br /></p><p>As others have said, Ilion(Troy) had an archaic cult of Athena in the city. Also they were on very good terms with the Seleucids and set up a ruler cult to my boi Antiochus I after his victory over the Gauls in 275 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>An inscription dedicated to Antiochus I from Troy:</p><p><br /></p><p>"<i><b>Whereas King Antiochus, son of King Seleucus,</b> when he first took over the kingship and adopted a glorious and noble policy, s<b>ought to restore the cities of the Seleukis, which were beset by difficult circumstances on account of those who were in rebellion, to peace and to their former prosperity</b>, and, <b>marching out against those who attacked his kingdom, as was just, (sought) to recover his ancestral empire</b>; wherefore, embarking upon a noble and just enterprise and having not only his friends and forces eager to support him to the end in his struggle for the state but also the supernatural as a kind ally, he restored the cities to peace and his kingdom to its former condition; and now, coming to the area on this side of the Taurus (mountains) he has with all zealous concern at once established peace for the cities and brought his affairs and his kingdom to a greater and more brilliant condition, mostly thanks to his own virtue, but also thanks to the good-will of his friends and his forces...."</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Source</p><p><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/classics/bagnall/3995/readings/b-d2-1b.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.columbia.edu/itc/classics/bagnall/3995/readings/b-d2-1b.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.columbia.edu/itc/classics/bagnall/3995/readings/b-d2-1b.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 4615030, member: 73473"]Yep, thats Troy! Here is my only coin I got from there; I was inspired to get this coin by listening to the Iliad on audio book a few months ago. [ATTACH=full]1143050[/ATTACH] Greek Troas. Ilion 301-281 BC. Bronze Æ 11 mm., 1,82 g Very Fine As others have said, Ilion(Troy) had an archaic cult of Athena in the city. Also they were on very good terms with the Seleucids and set up a ruler cult to my boi Antiochus I after his victory over the Gauls in 275 BCE. An inscription dedicated to Antiochus I from Troy: "[I][B]Whereas King Antiochus, son of King Seleucus,[/B] when he first took over the kingship and adopted a glorious and noble policy, s[B]ought to restore the cities of the Seleukis, which were beset by difficult circumstances on account of those who were in rebellion, to peace and to their former prosperity[/B], and, [B]marching out against those who attacked his kingdom, as was just, (sought) to recover his ancestral empire[/B]; wherefore, embarking upon a noble and just enterprise and having not only his friends and forces eager to support him to the end in his struggle for the state but also the supernatural as a kind ally, he restored the cities to peace and his kingdom to its former condition; and now, coming to the area on this side of the Taurus (mountains) he has with all zealous concern at once established peace for the cities and brought his affairs and his kingdom to a greater and more brilliant condition, mostly thanks to his own virtue, but also thanks to the good-will of his friends and his forces...."[/I] Source [URL]http://www.columbia.edu/itc/classics/bagnall/3995/readings/b-d2-1b.htm[/URL][/QUOTE]
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