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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3242584, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m with you-- all about the reverse <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many &quot;story coins&quot;... those depicting various mythological scenes, battles, triumphs, building of cities, gladiators in battle... so much to choose from.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of mine which fit the bill.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-building-of-carthage.254625/">Queen Dido overseeing the building of Carthage</a>:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/berytoselagabalusdido1-jpg.362256/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus</b></p><p>CE 218-222</p><p>AE29, 13.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Dido building Carthage; she stands to front before the arched gate of the city, looking left, holding a rule and transverse sceptre; above the gate, a mason at work, [below, a man digging with pick]; murex shell in upper field, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: Rouvier 2375; BMC 409; AUB 245; Price &amp; Trell 748</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-a-boy-and-his-stone.254886/">Elagabalus parading the Sacred Stone of Emesa, the earthly embodiment of the sun god he represents</a>:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/elagabalussacredstone-rt-jpg.574868/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR denarius, 19.4 mm, 3.5 gm</p><p>Antioch, 218-219 CE</p><p>Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, Laureate draped cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: SANCT DEO SOLI / ELAGABAL, Quadriga right, bearing sacred Baetyl stone, flanked by four parasols</p><p>Ref: RIC IV 195</p><p><i>Vauctions 310, lot 250 (25 Sept 2014)</i></p><p><i>ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 33, lot 914 (15 March 1995)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Perseus posing with the severed head of Medusa and the murder weapon, her body at his feet still gushing blood:</p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pontos-perseus-medusa-3-jpg.535786/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos</b></p><p>85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator</p><p>AE, (each is 27-29 mm)</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with griffin</p><p>Rev: AMIΣOY; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, Medusa&#039;s body at his feet, blood gushing from the neck; monogram in left field[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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