A Slender Nero

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Over the course of his reign, was there any other Roman who's depiction changed as much as Nero?

 

Geta and Caracalla changed quite a bit as coins appear to have accurately tracked their aging from boyhood to adulthood.

 

Good toss, Jango ... sadly, I experienced Alterbani in another recent thread

Hey, I'm no saint, but I don't understand the thrill that a troll gets? (his stuff isn't even clever) ... yah, I don't get the thrill? (is he fondling his junk while I type "welcome" or what? ... kinda odd, eh?)

 

Cool OP @Bing !!!

Maybe it's my failing, ageing memory but I can't recall that specific term for a double axe...I looked and even asked Marsha and I definitely don't have one (sigh of relief)


But, I do have a 'short sword' type on bid....but no youthful Nero to share

 

That is certainly true.

 

Maximinus Thrax faced (pun intended) a dramatic change in a couple of years too

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The Greeks called it a pelekys (πέλεκυς), while the Lydians called it a labrys (λάβρυς); to the Romans, it was known as a bipennis.

So, @Bing , since your coins is from Lydia, it should be called a labrys.




From the online version of the Liddell and Scott Greek-English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.

The Wikipedia entry for pelekys redirects to labrys and is available here.

Here is a photo of an ornamental golden labrys from the Minoan civilazation from the Wikipedia entry:

 

Thyateira (also spelled Thyatira) is the ancient name of the modern Turkish city of Akhisar, which means white castle.



In Revelation, Thyatira is the church that had a false prophetess (Revelation 2:20).

 

Thanks @Roman Collector for the additional information. The double axe name has been changed in my catalog.