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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1890261, member: 57495&quot;]Here are a couple of affordable Greek bronzes I picked up recently.&nbsp; They were interesting to me because they feature some mythological characters who aren&#039;t your typical big time god or hero.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one from Apameia in Phyrgia depicts the satyr Marsyas playing the aulos, and the second one from Bithynia has the centaur Chiron with a lyre. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]322142[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Apameia</b></p><p>AE16, 3.31g</p><p>Circa 133 - 48 BC.</p><p>Weber 7030; BMC 47; SNG von Aulock 3472. </p><p>O: Turreted head of Artemis as Tyche right, bow and quiver over shoulder. </p><p>R: APAME ARISTA KHFIS to right and left of Marsyas, walking right, naked, but for cloak behind, playing the aulos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marsyas was a satyr who was famed for his skills on the double-piped reed flute (aulos).&nbsp; He had a musical showdown with Apollo, which he lost.&nbsp; For his hubris in challenging a god, he was flayed alive and had his skin nailed to a pine tree.&nbsp; Brutal. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]322143[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>KINGDOM OF BITHYNIA</b></p><p>Prusias II Cynegus (183 - 149 BC)</p><p>AE22, 4.5g</p><p>RecGen 26; SNG Cop 635; Sear 7266. </p><p>O: Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy. </p><p>R: BASILEWS PROUSIOU, centaur Chiron wearing a cloak, and playing a lyre, advancing right, monogram beneath leg.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chiron was known as the noblest of the centaurs in Greek myth.&nbsp; He was a healer, oracle, and hunter.&nbsp; He raised Asclepius and instructed him in the art of healing, he taught Achilles how to play the lyre, and tutored other heroes such as Jason, Actaeon and Perseus.&nbsp; Much later, according to the Percy Jackson books, he became some sort a summer camp activities director.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d be happy to see any other coins from Apameia, or the Bithynian Kingdom, or have centaurs, satyrs, or any of the lesser known mythological characters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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