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<p>[QUOTE="PeteB, post: 8087303, member: 99412"]Here's a pretty horrible, sort of related Herakles coin that tells a story....the beauty of Roman provincial coins not found on Roman imperials:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1405239[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trajan Decius. 249-251 AD. Tarsos, Cilicia. Æ 32. 14.51 gm. Obv: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, as seen from behind. Π - Π to right and left. Rev: Herakles holding club in right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm and left hand holding the infant Telephos, who reaches down to a Doe (hind), tree of the garden of Hesperides in the background? AMK in the exergue.</p><p>Per Dr. Hans Voegtli: "We know pictures of Herakles from the pictures of the garden of the Hesperides. It goes back to Myron. It can't be excluded that the idea for this Telephos portrayal in Tarsos might have been the Hesperides adventures" (of Herakles). </p><p>The Telephos/hind depiction seems to allude to the legend of abandonment of Telephos to die in the wilds by King Aleus, father of Auge who bore the son, fathered by Herakles, against his wishes. Telephos was suckled and saved by the hind (elaphos). Telephos, unknowingly, later married his own mother Auge...but that's another story....NNM 92, 1941, 216 (Adana Museum Collection). Like CNG Electronic Auction 237 (21.07.2010). SNG France__; BMC__; SNG Levante__; SNG Levante suppl__; SNG von Aulock__; SNG Copenhagen__. Extremely rare. Third example known?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PeteB, post: 8087303, member: 99412"]Here's a pretty horrible, sort of related Herakles coin that tells a story....the beauty of Roman provincial coins not found on Roman imperials: [ATTACH=full]1405239[/ATTACH] Trajan Decius. 249-251 AD. Tarsos, Cilicia. Æ 32. 14.51 gm. Obv: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, as seen from behind. Π - Π to right and left. Rev: Herakles holding club in right hand, lion's skin draped over left arm and left hand holding the infant Telephos, who reaches down to a Doe (hind), tree of the garden of Hesperides in the background? AMK in the exergue. Per Dr. Hans Voegtli: "We know pictures of Herakles from the pictures of the garden of the Hesperides. It goes back to Myron. It can't be excluded that the idea for this Telephos portrayal in Tarsos might have been the Hesperides adventures" (of Herakles). The Telephos/hind depiction seems to allude to the legend of abandonment of Telephos to die in the wilds by King Aleus, father of Auge who bore the son, fathered by Herakles, against his wishes. Telephos was suckled and saved by the hind (elaphos). Telephos, unknowingly, later married his own mother Auge...but that's another story....NNM 92, 1941, 216 (Adana Museum Collection). Like CNG Electronic Auction 237 (21.07.2010). SNG France__; BMC__; SNG Levante__; SNG Levante suppl__; SNG von Aulock__; SNG Copenhagen__. Extremely rare. Third example known?[/QUOTE]
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