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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2579034, member: 56859&quot;]Pan: part man, part goat, child of Hermes and a Nymph, patron of shepherds.&nbsp; I have a fondness for this wild pagan god.&nbsp; It began years ago while reading <b>Jitterbug Perfume</b>, a fantastical work of fiction by weird and wacky author Tom Robbins.&nbsp; Pan was not a main character but his supporting role was intriguing and a bit titillating (no surprise about the latter, right?&nbsp; It is <i>Pan</i>, after all <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m always on the lookout for coins with nice depictions of Pan.&nbsp; This one is a fabulous full rendering, with the faunal god in all his horned and cloven glory, complete with trademark syrinx and lagobolon.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]559479[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THRACE, Hadrianopolis.&nbsp; Gordian III</b></p><p>AE 22 mm, 5.18 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC; radiate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; AΔPIANOΠOΛЄITΩN; Pan advancing left, holding syrinx and lagobolon</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Varbanov 3945 corr. (cantharus in place of syrinx).&nbsp; Very rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pan is credited with inventing the syrinx, now commonly called the pan flute or pan pipes.&nbsp; It&#039;s a common story:&nbsp; boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, girl gets turned into reeds, boy destroys the reeds, boy regrets his anger and pines for girl, turning her remains into a musical instrument <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>The more detailed version:&nbsp; Pan was smitten with a nymph named Syrinx but she fled from the horned god&#039;s advances, begging a river god (or nymphs) to hide her.&nbsp; She was transformed into river reeds.&nbsp; Thwarted, Pan thrashed the reeds and heaved a sigh.&nbsp; His breath blew across the broken reeds and stirred a beautiful sound.&nbsp; He strapped some shortened reeds together and carried his beloved Syrinx everywhere, charming all who heard with beautiful melodies.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many variations of the story, as is typical of such myths.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the lagobolon, as we know from prior posts it is a bunny bashing stick.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.giphy.com%2Fmedia%2FtxgpmmZbhBPyM%2Fgiphy.gif&amp;hash=7c0bbcc7beb4524055adedefa225e9e7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your Pans, your syringes (plural of syrinx!), your lagobolons <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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