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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Smojo, post: 2745261, member: 78058&quot;]Historic, Lydia has always fascinated me, even Biblical.</p><p>The stories of Lydian beginnings are as uncertain as Romes. There are as many theories or myths of how both came to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki has some decent information you just have to dig a little to get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is little to go by as far as as ruins or literature is concerned so it is believed that their gods and myths come from the Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin that I picked up from John Anthony a few weeks or so ago.</p><p>A Roman provencial- Hierocaesarea, in Greek is &quot;sacred&quot; and in Latin &quot;caesar&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]627493[/ATTACH]</p><p>Features the godess Artemis or Romans version of Diana.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]627495[/ATTACH]</p><p>The link provided for a lesson of her.</p><p><a href="http://wikivisually.com/wiki/Artemis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wikivisually.com/wiki/Artemis" rel="nofollow">http://wikivisually.com/wiki/Artemis</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia-Hierocaesarea</p><p>Pseudo-automonous. The time of Trajan and Hadrian</p><p>[ATTACH=full]627496[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ae15, 2.0g, 6h, 98-138 AD</p><p>Obv: ΠЄΡСΙΚΗ; Draped bust of Artemis Persica right, with quiver over shoulder and bow and arrow at breast.</p><p>Rev: ΙЄΡΟΚΑΙСΑΡЄΩΝ; Lighted altar.</p><p>Reference: RPC III 1856; SNG von Aulock 2952.</p><p><br /></p><p>And just so you know where we are.</p><p>Lydia is highlighted red <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]627499[/ATTACH]</p><p>Please share anything relevant!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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