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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4848998, member: 99456"]This year continues to bring more coins of Asia Minor than Roman republic to my collection. Today a coin from Phrygia, Laodikeia - also spelled Laodicea, on the western edge of modern Turkey on the river Lycus, not Loadicea ad Mare, today a port city in Syria called Latakia.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1171202[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Phrygia, Laodikeia</b>, 133/88-67 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed and draped bust of Aphrodite or the foundress Laodice right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Filleted cornucopia to right; filleted kerykeion to left</p><p><b>Size:</b> 20mm, 6.55g</p><p><b>Ref:</b> BMC 40-4, SNG Copenhagen 501-2</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several variations of this coins with single and double cornucopiae, with and without kerykeion (the Greek name for the staff of Hermes that Romans would have called a caduceus). Laodicea was founded by Antiochus II Theos in 261-253 BC in honor of his sister/wife Laodice. It was part of Roman Asia minor when this coin was minted and a thriving city during the later years of the Roman republic. During the period in which this coin is attributed, the city also suffered through the Mithridatic war (of course a Sulla connection).</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="3">He [Mithridates] overran the rest of Phrygia, together with Mysia and those parts of Asia which had been lately acquired by the Romans. Then he sent his officers to the adjoining provinces and subjugated Lycia, Pamphylia, and the rest as far as Ionia. To the Laodiceans on the river Lycus, who were still resisting (for the Roman general, Quintus Oppius, had arrived with his cavalry and certain mercenaries at their town and was defending it), he made this proclamation by herald before the walls, "King Mithridates promises that the Laodiceans shall suffer no injury if they will deliver Oppius to him."</font></p><p><font size="3">-Appian, <a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-mithridatic-wars/appian-the-mithridatic-wars-4/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-mithridatic-wars/appian-the-mithridatic-wars-4/" rel="nofollow">The Mithridatic Wars</a> </font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Quintus Oppius managed to survive after being paraded around by Mithridates, and was eventually surrendered to Sulla.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few other favorite Cornucopia coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170862[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>L. Cornelius Sulla Felix</b>, as Dictator, AR Denarius</p><p>Italy, 81 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head of Venus right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Filleted double cornucopiae; Q below</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 375/2; Sydenham 755; Cornelia</p><p><b>Note:</b> Marius claimed Apollo as his divine patron, Sulla invoked the goddess Venus and this is why she appears on the obverse of this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1170863[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>T. Carisius</b>, circa 46 BC, AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Head of Roma right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Cornucopiae on globe between sceptre and rudder</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 464/3</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/juba-ii-cornucopia-jpg.1153407/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <b>Kings of Mauritania, Juba II</b>, 25 BC-AD 24, AR Denarius, Caesarea mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Cornucopia; transverse scepter in background, crescent to upper right</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your coins with cornucopiae or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4848998, member: 99456"]This year continues to bring more coins of Asia Minor than Roman republic to my collection. Today a coin from Phrygia, Laodikeia - also spelled Laodicea, on the western edge of modern Turkey on the river Lycus, not Loadicea ad Mare, today a port city in Syria called Latakia. [ATTACH=full]1171202[/ATTACH] [B]Phrygia, Laodikeia[/B], 133/88-67 BC [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed and draped bust of Aphrodite or the foundress Laodice right [B]Rev:[/B] Filleted cornucopia to right; filleted kerykeion to left [B]Size:[/B] 20mm, 6.55g [B]Ref:[/B] BMC 40-4, SNG Copenhagen 501-2 There are several variations of this coins with single and double cornucopiae, with and without kerykeion (the Greek name for the staff of Hermes that Romans would have called a caduceus). Laodicea was founded by Antiochus II Theos in 261-253 BC in honor of his sister/wife Laodice. It was part of Roman Asia minor when this coin was minted and a thriving city during the later years of the Roman republic. During the period in which this coin is attributed, the city also suffered through the Mithridatic war (of course a Sulla connection). [INDENT][SIZE=3]He [Mithridates] overran the rest of Phrygia, together with Mysia and those parts of Asia which had been lately acquired by the Romans. Then he sent his officers to the adjoining provinces and subjugated Lycia, Pamphylia, and the rest as far as Ionia. To the Laodiceans on the river Lycus, who were still resisting (for the Roman general, Quintus Oppius, had arrived with his cavalry and certain mercenaries at their town and was defending it), he made this proclamation by herald before the walls, "King Mithridates promises that the Laodiceans shall suffer no injury if they will deliver Oppius to him." -Appian, [URL='https://www.livius.org/sources/content/appian/appian-the-mithridatic-wars/appian-the-mithridatic-wars-4/']The Mithridatic Wars[/URL] [/SIZE][/INDENT] Quintus Oppius managed to survive after being paraded around by Mithridates, and was eventually surrendered to Sulla. Here are a few other favorite Cornucopia coins. [ATTACH=full]1170862[/ATTACH] [B]L. Cornelius Sulla Felix[/B], as Dictator, AR Denarius Italy, 81 BC [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head of Venus right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace [B]Rev:[/B] Filleted double cornucopiae; Q below [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 375/2; Sydenham 755; Cornelia [B]Note:[/B] Marius claimed Apollo as his divine patron, Sulla invoked the goddess Venus and this is why she appears on the obverse of this coin. [ATTACH=full]1170863[/ATTACH] [B]T. Carisius[/B], circa 46 BC, AR Denarius [B]Obv: [/B]Head of Roma right [B]Rev: [/B]Cornucopiae on globe between sceptre and rudder [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 464/3 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/juba-ii-cornucopia-jpg.1153407/[/IMG] [B]Kings of Mauritania, Juba II[/B], 25 BC-AD 24, AR Denarius, Caesarea mint [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head right [B]Rev:[/B] Cornucopia; transverse scepter in background, crescent to upper right [B]Post your coins with cornucopiae or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.[/B][/QUOTE]
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