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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4591316, member: 74834"]Some time ago <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-horse-of-erichthonius-on-coins-of-alexandria-troas.351717/#post-3945598" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-horse-of-erichthonius-on-coins-of-alexandria-troas.351717/#post-3945598">we had an interesting discussion</a> about Alexandria Troas coins, it was in December. I think we decided that the horse on the coin wasn't just grazing, but it was finding something - a spot where one could found a new city, a polis. The horse is looking ever so much as smiling upon its find as a horse can do - it does on your coin, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] : not just quietly eating grass, but stretching out its neck to designate that very spot. </p><p>It was [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] who mentioned this. Take a look at this coin of Gallienus and his merry horse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1136894[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That's not grazing, but striking oil![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 4591316, member: 74834"]Some time ago [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-horse-of-erichthonius-on-coins-of-alexandria-troas.351717/#post-3945598']we had an interesting discussion[/URL] about Alexandria Troas coins, it was in December. I think we decided that the horse on the coin wasn't just grazing, but it was finding something - a spot where one could found a new city, a polis. The horse is looking ever so much as smiling upon its find as a horse can do - it does on your coin, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] : not just quietly eating grass, but stretching out its neck to designate that very spot. It was [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] who mentioned this. Take a look at this coin of Gallienus and his merry horse. [ATTACH=full]1136894[/ATTACH] That's not grazing, but striking oil![/QUOTE]
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