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<p>[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 3242272, member: 93702"]Wonderful coins and informative write up.</p><p>I enjoyed your previous post with the random generator... you have a wonderful collection. For someone new like me I learn something from almost every post.</p><p><br /></p><p>The vets on here have (I am sure) seen it all (or all that is brought up here).. and probably have seen many dozens upon dozens of times over... to me this sounds like a great way to post coins that you haven't had a chance to post in a long time... or you have better examples of - or maybe think they aren't worthy of their own thread? I don't know - but I am sure some don't get the "press" of others.</p><p><br /></p><p>I, for one, would love to see them and learn more...</p><p><br /></p><p>Awesome idea!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my only Diadumenian... I think it's pretty cool:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Weight (g)</b> 2.99</p><p><b>Ob. Leg.</b> M OPELLIC ANTWNEINOC</p><p><b>Ob. Desc.</b> Bare headed and draped bust of Diadumenian right – seen from behind</p><p><b>Meaning</b> Marcus Opellius Antonius</p><p><b>Rev. Leg.</b> MARKIANO-POLEITWN</p><p><b>Rev. Desc.</b> Eros/Thanatos standing left, resting chin on palm, leaning on (extinguished) inverted brand</p><p><b>Meaning</b> (Coin) of the people of Markianopolis – A prince crowned by the gods</p><p><br /></p><p>Eros was worshiped as a fertility god and associated with love and sexual desire. Sometimes thought of as Thanatos, ‘god of death’, due to his association with the concept of life after death. The symbolism here, of the extinguished torch, may represent joy after sexual fulfilment, or hope for life after death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clavdivs, post: 3242272, member: 93702"]Wonderful coins and informative write up. I enjoyed your previous post with the random generator... you have a wonderful collection. For someone new like me I learn something from almost every post. The vets on here have (I am sure) seen it all (or all that is brought up here).. and probably have seen many dozens upon dozens of times over... to me this sounds like a great way to post coins that you haven't had a chance to post in a long time... or you have better examples of - or maybe think they aren't worthy of their own thread? I don't know - but I am sure some don't get the "press" of others. I, for one, would love to see them and learn more... Awesome idea! Here is my only Diadumenian... I think it's pretty cool: [ATTACH=full]848917[/ATTACH] [B]Weight (g)[/B] 2.99 [B]Ob. Leg.[/B] M OPELLIC ANTWNEINOC [B]Ob. Desc.[/B] Bare headed and draped bust of Diadumenian right – seen from behind [B]Meaning[/B] Marcus Opellius Antonius [B]Rev. Leg.[/B] MARKIANO-POLEITWN [B]Rev. Desc.[/B] Eros/Thanatos standing left, resting chin on palm, leaning on (extinguished) inverted brand [B]Meaning[/B] (Coin) of the people of Markianopolis – A prince crowned by the gods Eros was worshiped as a fertility god and associated with love and sexual desire. Sometimes thought of as Thanatos, ‘god of death’, due to his association with the concept of life after death. The symbolism here, of the extinguished torch, may represent joy after sexual fulfilment, or hope for life after death.[/QUOTE]
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