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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Factor, post: 7951017, member: 96413&quot;]Just received my winnings from the last Obolos, and the most interesting, in my opinion, is a coin depicting quite unusual mythological scene. Some of the details are not very well struck, but overall one can see Zeus passing the infant Dionysus born from his thigh to the nymph Nysa. The coin is from Nysa-Scythopolis which was named, according to the local legends, after this nymph. Post your coins with rare mythological scenes!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377496[/ATTACH] </p><p>SYRIA, DECAPOLIS. <i>Nysa-Scythopolis</i>. Gordian III, 238-244. (Bronze, 24 mm, 14.02 g, 12 h), year 304 = 240-241. ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟC CΕ Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III to right. <i>Rev.</i> NYC CKYΘΟ ΙΕΡ ΑCΥ / Δ-Τ On the right, Zeus wearing himation, standing facing, holding scepter in his right hand, his right leg bend and the infant Dionysos emerging from his thigh; on the left, Tyche as Nysa, wearing peplos and turreted crown, standing facing, holding scepter in right hand and the infant Dionysos in left. Barkay 93. Meshorer, <i>City-Coins</i> 114. Rosenberger 63. RPC VII.2 Online unassigned ID 2393. SNG ANS 1059. Spijkerman 57. Dark brown patina. Flatly struck. Very fine.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the Vineyard Collection, ex Sternberg 34, 22 October 1998, 276b.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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