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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26818401, member: 135271&quot;]There&#039;s definitely lots of ancient coins depicting Artemis. I don&#039;t happen to have any, but I do have this one featuring the cult statue of Diana, which was the Roman version of Artemis.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1711546[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>CLAUDIUS, AD 41-54</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Cistophorus (27.39mm, 10.43g, 7h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 51. Ephesus mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: TI CLAVD CAES AVG AGRIPP AVGVSTA, jugate busts of Agrippina Junior, draped, and Claudius, laureate, left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: DIANA EPHESIA, cultus-statue of the Ephesian Diana standing facing, with supports</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC I 119 (R2), RCV 1888</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Toned. A scarce and interesting dual portrait type. This coin was struck in the great provincial city of Ephesus in Asia Minor, around the time of the apostle Paul&#039;s visit as recorded in Acts 19. The reverse design depicting &quot;Diana of the Ephesians&quot; bears a powerful connection to the story of the riot that took place there in reaction to Paul&#039;s preaching against the worship of the goddess.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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