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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1902163, member: 56859&quot;]Buh bye wagon!&nbsp; That didn&#039;t last long.&nbsp; Observing the recent Roma auction led to logging in to the Roma auction which led to much clicking.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve admired the type and was delighted to nab this particular example.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325283[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>KARIA, Kindya</b></p><p><b>510-480 BC</b></p><p>AR tetrobol, 2.18 gm, 11 mm, Samian standard</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of ketos right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; geometric pattern within incuse square</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Kagan and Kritt, &#039;The Coinage of Kindya,&#039; NC 1995, 1 var. (head left); SNG Keckman 920 var. (same); SNG Kayhan 815; &quot;Asyut Hoard&quot; 688</p><p><i>ex Goldberg auction 69 lot 3156, 15 May 2012</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>There are a couple of possible myths which may be represented by this coin&#039;s ketos (sea monster).&nbsp; Because of geography, I suspect it depicts the Trojan sea monster.&nbsp; To summarize, Poseidon sent the monster to terrorize Troy as revenge for a breach of contract.&nbsp; Laomedon didn&#039;t pay him for his work building Troy&#039;s wall, instead saying it was volunteer work, that Poseidon did the work on his own accord.&nbsp; An oracle proclaimed that sacrificing an occasional maiden was required.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately for Laomedon, one year the selected maiden was his daughter, Hesione.&nbsp; Herakles was in the neighborhood and struck a bargain:&nbsp; rescue of Hesione in exchange for a horse formerly owned by Zeus.&nbsp; Hesione was rescued and Laomedon reneged on the deal, which resulted in retaliatory slaying of Laomedon and his sons.&nbsp; (Gang wars, Greek style).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s some pottery depicting this rescue of Hesione:</p><p style="text-align: center"><i><img src="http://www.theoi.com/image/P28.2Ketos.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Seeing the coin and this pottery convinced me that the Ketos was based on a killer whale.&nbsp; After all, there is a similar appearance and killer whales do snatch prey from shores, as seen in this gruesome video.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[MEDIA=youtube]HgxvI5OAwck[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The man was <b>not</b> snatched by Orca.&nbsp; It was made from footage of killer whales feasting on seals.&nbsp; Somehow I find it harder to watch whales eating cute seals. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhoo,&nbsp; searching revealed that killer whales are not found in the Greek seas so my theory is wrong.&nbsp; &quot;False killer whales&quot; (Pseudorca crassidens) are though, so that&#039;s my best guess.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-2296846-18D3A2C7000005DC-261_634x424.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kindya was in southwestern Anatolia (modern Turkey),&nbsp; southwest of Mylasa.&nbsp; The approximate location is marked with a yellow x below:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]325285[/ATTACH]</p><p>The original and larger version of this map is <a href="http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/images/maps/ionianrevolt.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://europeanhistory.boisestate.edu/images/maps/ionianrevolt.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Kindyas or sea monsters!</p><p>(I know my favorite coinstalking victim has a Kindya <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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