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<p>[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3344551, member: 103829"]Dear zumbly!</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful coins! I can show another one from my collection: Bellinger A486. I think these depictions are evidence that it is not only a grazing horse showing for example the abundance of horses in this region but a horse that has found a special object, possibly a plant, a flower or something else. This depiction belongs to the first founder myth of Alexandreia. Sometimes the coin has a thunderbolt in exergue, a hint that Zeus could have been involved.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]885723[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2nd founder myth is found on coins not before Commodus where an eagle ist carrying a bull's head. This founder myth is similar to the founder myth of Antiochia ad Orontem.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have written: "I've often wondered if the reverse copies a lost piece of statuary or painting." Yes, I have learned from Pat Lawrence that most of the coin reverses are depicted after real statues as model.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3344551, member: 103829"]Dear zumbly! Wonderful coins! I can show another one from my collection: Bellinger A486. I think these depictions are evidence that it is not only a grazing horse showing for example the abundance of horses in this region but a horse that has found a special object, possibly a plant, a flower or something else. This depiction belongs to the first founder myth of Alexandreia. Sometimes the coin has a thunderbolt in exergue, a hint that Zeus could have been involved. [ATTACH=full]885723[/ATTACH] The 2nd founder myth is found on coins not before Commodus where an eagle ist carrying a bull's head. This founder myth is similar to the founder myth of Antiochia ad Orontem. You have written: "I've often wondered if the reverse copies a lost piece of statuary or painting." Yes, I have learned from Pat Lawrence that most of the coin reverses are depicted after real statues as model. Best regards[/QUOTE]
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