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<p>[QUOTE="7Calbrey, post: 6950367, member: 38412"]Struck at Sidon - Phoenicia, this coin depicts the bust of Tyche with Aphlaston behind. Reverse shows the Cart of Astarte with Baetyl ( sacred stone) within. I first thought that the Cart contained Astarte herself, standing and raising both hands ! The coin measures 20 mm. and weighs 8 g.</p><p>The sacred stone, conceivably a meteorite, was known in the Roman Empire under Elagabalus who was of Syrian origin and mythological belief. In Greece, it had been named Omphalos often depicted with Apollo seated on it. The Phoenicians seems also to have had their own sacred stone. I wonder if other ancient peoples, prior to that , had their sacred stones. The Greeks and other peoples mentioned above had worshipped their gods, as we know. So what would that sacred stone represent ? SNG Cop 247. Date 116-117 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1273433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1273434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="7Calbrey, post: 6950367, member: 38412"]Struck at Sidon - Phoenicia, this coin depicts the bust of Tyche with Aphlaston behind. Reverse shows the Cart of Astarte with Baetyl ( sacred stone) within. I first thought that the Cart contained Astarte herself, standing and raising both hands ! The coin measures 20 mm. and weighs 8 g. The sacred stone, conceivably a meteorite, was known in the Roman Empire under Elagabalus who was of Syrian origin and mythological belief. In Greece, it had been named Omphalos often depicted with Apollo seated on it. The Phoenicians seems also to have had their own sacred stone. I wonder if other ancient peoples, prior to that , had their sacred stones. The Greeks and other peoples mentioned above had worshipped their gods, as we know. So what would that sacred stone represent ? SNG Cop 247. Date 116-117 AD. [ATTACH=full]1273433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1273434[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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