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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3242319, member: 57495"]The True Random Number Generator says I should show coin #311, a tiny AE9 of Dardanos in the Troad. It's one I haven't pulled out or thought about in awhile. Hello there, little coin! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848936[/ATTACH]<b>TROAS, Dardanos</b></p><p>AE9. 1.15g, 9.6mm. TROAS, Dardanos, circa 4th century BC. BMC 11 var. (race-torch behind cock). O: Horseman wearing chiton, chlamys and petasos, on horse galloping right, right hand raised. R: ΔΑΡ, Cock standing right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Strabo, writes in the 1st century that, "<i>Dardanos is an ancient settlement, but so insignificant that the kings have frequently transplanted it to Abydos and again resettled it on the ancient site. Here took place the meeting between Cornelius Sulla, the Roman general, and Mithridates surnamed Eupator, where they came to terms for the conclusion of the war.</i>"</p><p><br /></p><p>He also states that according to one tradition, the nearby Dardanos promontory was where Ganymede, son of Tros of Dardania, and most beautiful of all living mortals, was abducted by Zeus in the form of a great eagle and brought to Mount Olympus to serve as his cup-bearer. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]848941[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>The Abduction of Ganymede</i> (ca. 1650), by Eustache Le Sueur[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3242319, member: 57495"]The True Random Number Generator says I should show coin #311, a tiny AE9 of Dardanos in the Troad. It's one I haven't pulled out or thought about in awhile. Hello there, little coin! :) [ATTACH=full]848936[/ATTACH][B]TROAS, Dardanos[/B] AE9. 1.15g, 9.6mm. TROAS, Dardanos, circa 4th century BC. BMC 11 var. (race-torch behind cock). O: Horseman wearing chiton, chlamys and petasos, on horse galloping right, right hand raised. R: ΔΑΡ, Cock standing right. Strabo, writes in the 1st century that, "[I]Dardanos is an ancient settlement, but so insignificant that the kings have frequently transplanted it to Abydos and again resettled it on the ancient site. Here took place the meeting between Cornelius Sulla, the Roman general, and Mithridates surnamed Eupator, where they came to terms for the conclusion of the war.[/I]" He also states that according to one tradition, the nearby Dardanos promontory was where Ganymede, son of Tros of Dardania, and most beautiful of all living mortals, was abducted by Zeus in the form of a great eagle and brought to Mount Olympus to serve as his cup-bearer. [ATTACH=full]848941[/ATTACH] [I]The Abduction of Ganymede[/I] (ca. 1650), by Eustache Le Sueur[/QUOTE]
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