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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 1895096, member: 57495&quot;]I thought my coin depicted nothing more than a pastoral scene until I came across a thread in Forvm that suggested that the &#039;herdsman and horse&#039; coins that were issued at Alexandria Troas during Imperial times were a synthesis of the earlier grazing horse type and the legend of Apollo Smintheus (Apollo the Mouse-Killer), whose worship in Troas began with his revelation to the herdsman Ordes and the recovery of his cult statue by Ordes.&nbsp; The author highlights the fact that the herdsman seems to lean forward, as if being lead to a discovery on the ground by the horse, and also that the convention of a tree in the scene is indication that it depicts a sacred area. </p><p><br /></p><p>For anyone interested in mythological types, that whole thread on Forvm is fascinating :</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.200" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.200" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.200</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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