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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 26822462, member: 87809&quot;]One with Artemis Pergaea.</p><p>The cult of Artemis Pergaea began in Perga, capital of Pamphylia Secunda of Asia Minor and then spread to Halicarnassus, Rhodes, Lindos and other islands and cities of the Southeastern Aegean. A major temple on a hill near Perga was dedicated to Artemis Pergaea.</p><p>The dominant type of Perga on coins is Artemis in a great variety of forms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pamphylia, Perga, 117 – 138 AD</p><p>AE 19, 4.597 g</p><p><br /></p><p>RPC III, 2697; SNG France 3, 400; Paris 316; Waddington 3345.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙϹΑΡ Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian as Caesar to r. with paludamentum. Border of dots.</p><p>Rev.: ΑΡΤЄΜΙΔΟϹ ΠЄΡΓΑΙΑϹ Pergaean Artemis wearing short chiton and hunting boots, walking to r., holding bow in her r. hand and drawing arrow from quiver at left shoulder with her l. hand; at her feet, stag, to r.&nbsp; Border of dots. Reverse legend is clockwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1711725[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1711726[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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