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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4048123, member: 75937"]You can always count on [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] for an entertaining and enlightening thread here at CT!! Lovely Diana and hound denarius and a cool, BIG provincial depicting the Ephesian Artemis!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do love me some Artemis/Diana!</p><p><br /></p><p>Artemis has many guises, as you've noted above. The goddess <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cult-statue-of-artemis-in-neapolis-samaria.289132/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cult-statue-of-artemis-in-neapolis-samaria.289132/">Artemis of Ephesus</a> was not the quite the same as the one worshipped in Greece. The Artemis of Ephesus was the product of syncretism between aspects of Artemis and of Cybele and was therefore worshipped as a goddess of fertility. This coin depicts the cult statue in the Artemision in the city of Neapolis. The similarities to the cult-statue in Ephesus are unmistakable.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061507[/ATTACH]</p><p>Faustina Jr., 147-175</p><p>Roman provincial AE 20</p><p>Samaria, Neapolis, AD 161/162</p><p>5.32 gm; 19.8 mm</p><p>Obv: ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: ΦΛ ΝЄΑC ΠΟΛЄѠC CVΡ ΠΑΛЄ, cultus-statue, resembling Ephesian Artemis, standing facing, flanked by stags; her head-dress surmounted by small temple; across field, ЄΤ-Ϟ (= year 90 of the Era of Neapolis = AD 161/162).</p><p>Refs: SGI 1801v; BMC 67-69.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although my coin has too much wear to appreciate it, the statue of the goddess in Neapolis, like that in Ephesus, was apparently adorned with multiple breasts and other symbols of fruitfulness. This "multimammiferous" feature of the cult statue led a poet with the pseudonym of Senex Caecilius to write this snide double dactyl:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Artemision</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Higgledy-Piggledy</p><p>Temple of Artemis,</p><p>Wonder of Wonders, in</p><p>Ephesus stood;</p><p>Housed in the shrine was a</p><p>Multimammiferous</p><p>Symbol of fruitfulness</p><p>Carved out of wood.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-tauropolis.309696/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-tauropolis.309696/">Artemis Tauropolos</a>, in ancient Greece, was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as "worshiped at Tauris", "pulled by a yoke of bulls", or "hunting bull goddess." A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. The Tauropolia was the name of the festival of Artemis in Athens. She is depicted here on a couple of coins:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/amphipolis-jpg.729502/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE</p><p>Æ 21.4 mm 7.57 gm</p><p>Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, right</p><p>Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding right</p><p>Refs: SNG ANS 113.7.83; Lindgren Europe 933; BMC 35; SNG Cop 72</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pella-jpg.729504/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Macedon, Pella, ca. 187-131 BCE</p><p>Æ 17.5 mm, 4.99 g</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Artemis Parthenos, right</p><p>Rev: ΠΕΛ-ΛΗΣ, bull grazing, right; monograms below and above.</p><p>Refs: SNG Cop 266 ff.; BMC 97, 17 ff.; Moushmov 6453.</p><p><br /></p><p>And then there's Artemis in her usual role, as <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-the-huntress.318722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-the-huntress.318722/">Artemis the Huntress</a>, typically depicted in a thigh-length chiton, boots and carrying weapons, accompanied by hounds and stags:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-decius-tarsus-artemis-stag-and-hound-jpg.1024541/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Trajan Decius. AD 249-251.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 32.5 mm, 18.74 g, 6 h.</p><p>Cilicia, Tarsus, AD 249-251.</p><p>Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚVΙΝ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: ΤΑΡϹΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ. Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow and arrow; at feet on either side, deer standing left and dog running right with raised paws, head left.</p><p>Refs: RPC <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1347" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1347" rel="nofollow">1346</a>; SNG Levante 1156 ; SNG France 1754; SNG von Aulock 6065; SNG Cop 33; Ziegler 808.16.33; Lindgren III, 926.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-hadrianopolis-artemis-jpg.791406/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gordian III, AD 238-244.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 9.53 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 238-244.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; stag at side.</p><p>Refs: BMC 30; Moushmov 2685; Varbanov 3888; Jurukova 476; SNG Cop --; Lindgren --; GIC --. </p><p>Notes: Obverse die match to Varbanov plate coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And last, but not least, here she is in her guise as the goddess of the moon. Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm round of applause for Miss <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diana-lucifera.326722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diana-lucifera.326722/">Diana Lucifera</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-diana-lvcifera-antioch-denarius-jpg.1019186/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Julia Domna, AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.09 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h.</p><p>Unknown eastern mint (Antioch?), AD 196-202.</p><p>Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana, crescent on shoulders, standing left, holding long torch in both hands.</p><p>Refs: RIC 638; BMCRE 598 var. (no crescent); RSC 27a; RCV 6578; CRE 312.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1061533[/ATTACH]</p><p>Lucilla, AD 164-182/3.</p><p>Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 25.93 g, 30.0 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 164-166.</p><p>Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right.</p><p>Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding transverse torch in both hands.</p><p>Refs: RIC 1735; BMCRE 1143-45; Cohen 17; RCV --.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4048123, member: 75937"]You can always count on [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] for an entertaining and enlightening thread here at CT!! Lovely Diana and hound denarius and a cool, BIG provincial depicting the Ephesian Artemis! I do love me some Artemis/Diana! Artemis has many guises, as you've noted above. The goddess [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cult-statue-of-artemis-in-neapolis-samaria.289132/']Artemis of Ephesus[/URL] was not the quite the same as the one worshipped in Greece. The Artemis of Ephesus was the product of syncretism between aspects of Artemis and of Cybele and was therefore worshipped as a goddess of fertility. This coin depicts the cult statue in the Artemision in the city of Neapolis. The similarities to the cult-statue in Ephesus are unmistakable. [ATTACH=full]1061507[/ATTACH] Faustina Jr., 147-175 Roman provincial AE 20 Samaria, Neapolis, AD 161/162 5.32 gm; 19.8 mm Obv: ΦΑVCΤЄΙΝΑΝ CΕΒΑCΤΗΝ, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: ΦΛ ΝЄΑC ΠΟΛЄѠC CVΡ ΠΑΛЄ, cultus-statue, resembling Ephesian Artemis, standing facing, flanked by stags; her head-dress surmounted by small temple; across field, ЄΤ-Ϟ (= year 90 of the Era of Neapolis = AD 161/162). Refs: SGI 1801v; BMC 67-69. Although my coin has too much wear to appreciate it, the statue of the goddess in Neapolis, like that in Ephesus, was apparently adorned with multiple breasts and other symbols of fruitfulness. This "multimammiferous" feature of the cult statue led a poet with the pseudonym of Senex Caecilius to write this snide double dactyl: [B]The Artemision[/B] Higgledy-Piggledy Temple of Artemis, Wonder of Wonders, in Ephesus stood; Housed in the shrine was a Multimammiferous Symbol of fruitfulness Carved out of wood. [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-tauropolis.309696/']Artemis Tauropolos[/URL], in ancient Greece, was an epithet for the goddess Artemis, variously interpreted as "worshiped at Tauris", "pulled by a yoke of bulls", or "hunting bull goddess." A statue of Artemis "Tauropolos" in her temple at Brauron in Attica was supposed to have been brought from the Taurians by Iphigenia. The Tauropolia was the name of the festival of Artemis in Athens. She is depicted here on a couple of coins: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/amphipolis-jpg.729502/[/IMG] Macedonia, Amphipolis, ca. 187-131 BCE Æ 21.4 mm 7.57 gm Obv: Head of Artemis Tauropolis, right Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟ-ΛΙΤΩΝ, bull bounding right Refs: SNG ANS 113.7.83; Lindgren Europe 933; BMC 35; SNG Cop 72 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/pella-jpg.729504/[/IMG] Macedon, Pella, ca. 187-131 BCE Æ 17.5 mm, 4.99 g Obv: Helmeted head of Artemis Parthenos, right Rev: ΠΕΛ-ΛΗΣ, bull grazing, right; monograms below and above. Refs: SNG Cop 266 ff.; BMC 97, 17 ff.; Moushmov 6453. And then there's Artemis in her usual role, as [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/artemis-the-huntress.318722/']Artemis the Huntress[/URL], typically depicted in a thigh-length chiton, boots and carrying weapons, accompanied by hounds and stags: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajan-decius-tarsus-artemis-stag-and-hound-jpg.1024541/[/IMG] Trajan Decius. AD 249-251. Roman provincial Æ 32.5 mm, 18.74 g, 6 h. Cilicia, Tarsus, AD 249-251. Obv: ΑV ΚΑΙ Γ ΜЄϹ ΚVΙΝ ΔЄΚΙΟϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ, Π Π, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ΤΑΡϹΟV ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛЄΩϹ Γ Β, Α Μ Κ. Artemis standing right, drawing arrow from quiver and holding bow and arrow; at feet on either side, deer standing left and dog running right with raised paws, head left. Refs: RPC [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/9/1347']1346[/URL]; SNG Levante 1156 ; SNG France 1754; SNG von Aulock 6065; SNG Cop 33; Ziegler 808.16.33; Lindgren III, 926. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordian-iii-hadrianopolis-artemis-jpg.791406/[/IMG] Gordian III, AD 238-244. Roman provincial Æ tetrassarion, 9.53 g, 24.2 mm, 1 h. Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 238-244. Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓOPΔIANOC AVΓ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Artemis standing left, holding patera and bow; stag at side. Refs: BMC 30; Moushmov 2685; Varbanov 3888; Jurukova 476; SNG Cop --; Lindgren --; GIC --. Notes: Obverse die match to Varbanov plate coin. And last, but not least, here she is in her guise as the goddess of the moon. Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm round of applause for Miss [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/diana-lucifera.326722/']Diana Lucifera[/URL]! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/domna-diana-lvcifera-antioch-denarius-jpg.1019186/[/IMG] Julia Domna, AD 193-217. Roman AR denarius, 3.09 g, 18.1 mm, 11 h. Unknown eastern mint (Antioch?), AD 196-202. Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana, crescent on shoulders, standing left, holding long torch in both hands. Refs: RIC 638; BMCRE 598 var. (no crescent); RSC 27a; RCV 6578; CRE 312. [ATTACH=full]1061533[/ATTACH] Lucilla, AD 164-182/3. Roman orichalcum Sestertius, 25.93 g, 30.0 mm, 6 h. Rome, AD 164-166. Obv: LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, bare-headed and draped bust, right. Rev: DIANA LVCIFERA, Diana standing right, holding transverse torch in both hands. Refs: RIC 1735; BMCRE 1143-45; Cohen 17; RCV --.[/QUOTE]
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