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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2712395, member: 42773&quot;]I recently made this post, describing two small provincial coins issues by Caligula in Philadelphia, Lydia...</p><p><br /></p><p>The first has our favorite sea-goat Capricornus, the goat that suckled the infant Zeus after he was rescued by his mother Rhea, from being devoured by his father Cronos. The goat&#039;s broken horn was transformed into the horn of plenty, or cornucopia. Capricornus is attested as far back as the 21st Century BC. (Ancient coins really aren&#039;t that ancient in the larger picture, are they?)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cap-jpg.607238/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The second has a panther carrying a thrysus. What is a thyrsus and why would a panther be carrying one? Well I&#039;m glad you asked. A thrysus is a staff of giant fennel, decorated with ivy leaves and topped by a pine cone. It is phallic in it&#039;s symbolism, the cone representing the the head of the penis and the seeds within representing fertility. The panther was one Dionysus&#039; favorite rides, as in this ancient mosaic from Pella...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dion-jpg.607240/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dionysus was of course the god of extreme partying. and y&#039;all know about Caligula already...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/2-caligula-philly-k-jpg.607242/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Caligula AD 37-41</font></p><p><font size="3">AE17, 3.6g, 12h; Philadelphia, Lydia. Magistrate Moschion Moschionos.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv. ΓAIOY KAICAP; Bare head right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev. ΦIΛOKAICAP ΦIΛOΔЄΛΦЄWN MOCXIWN MOCXIWNOC; Capricorn left.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: RPC I, 3027.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Caligula AD 37-41</font></p><p><font size="3">AE17, 2.1g, 1h; Philadelphia, Lydia. Magistrate Artemon, son of Hermogenos.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv. ΓAIOC KAICAP ΓEPMANIKOC; Laureate head right.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev. APTEMΩN EPMOΓENOVC NEOKAICAPEΩN; Panther walking right, head turned left, thyrsus over shoulder.</font></p><p><font size="3">Reference: RPC I, 3033.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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