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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Limes, post: 8222512, member: 101013&quot;]Great coins and thread [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]! </p><p><br /></p><p>A story:</p><p>When we were in Ephesus, we went to visit the remains of the temple of Artemis. Nothing much left, (and I can&#039;t find my photo&#039;s) but the entire area is just completely filled with ancient history. Amazing place. And talking about hunting, on Silicy, we went to the villa Romana del Casale, a quite intact Roman villa with beautiful mosaics. On of the guides said it was the villa of emperor Maximian. One of the mosaics shows a hunting expedition in Africa. </p><p><br /></p><p>And a coin:</p><p>I show a bust of Apollo, below. This coin was struck from the silver plundered by Brutus and Cassius in the East to raise and pay their army (or, as the story goes, struck from the silver given to Brutus by Polemokratia, widow of the Thracian prince Sadala). This specific type commemorates their victory in Thracia. In stead of a dotted border, the obverse shows a border with droplets. These are interpreted as little sun rays, to underline the relation between Apollo and the sun. </p><p>I lack a coin with Diana. One imperial coin is on my wishlist; the denarius of Augustus with Diana on the reverse. I have another coin with Apollo, but have yet photographed it. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444333[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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