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<p>[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3380901, member: 103829"]Wonderful coins! I have only one with biga drawn by Centaurs:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lydia, Maionia, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211</p><p>AE 35, 22.57g, 35.15mm, 150°</p><p>struck under archon Julianus</p><p>obv. AV [KAI] Λ CE - Π CEVHP[OC ΠE]P - TIN</p><p>Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.</p><p>rev. EΠI IO[VΛI]AN - OV [TAAB(??) APXONTOC]</p><p>in ex. MAI[ONΩ]N</p><p>Dionysos, in long garment, holding thyrsos in l. arm, leaning r. on biga drawn by </p><p>two centaurs and resting with r. arm on back; the centaur in front, looking back </p><p>to Dionysos, is holding a club in r. arm and a torch in raised l. hand, the other </p><p>one a torch in r. hand</p><p>ref. BMC 43, pl. XIV, no.7 (rev. same die); Lanz 32, April 1985, 633 (same dies)</p><p>F+, surfaces with porosity</p><p>(Thanks to Curtis Clay for attribution!)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]897781[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p> A similar type, AE size 10(?) with slightly different legends, is in the B.M. (J.Y.Akerman in "The Gentleman's Magazin, by Sylvanus Urban, Gent, Vol. IV, p. 132) </p><p><br /></p><p>Such a coin is like a beautiful lady clothed in veiling garment where you nevertheless can imagine her shape and her beauty underneath!</p><p><br /></p><p>Best regards </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jochen1, post: 3380901, member: 103829"]Wonderful coins! I have only one with biga drawn by Centaurs: Lydia, Maionia, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211 AE 35, 22.57g, 35.15mm, 150° struck under archon Julianus obv. AV [KAI] Λ CE - Π CEVHP[OC ΠE]P - TIN Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r. rev. EΠI IO[VΛI]AN - OV [TAAB(??) APXONTOC] in ex. MAI[ONΩ]N Dionysos, in long garment, holding thyrsos in l. arm, leaning r. on biga drawn by two centaurs and resting with r. arm on back; the centaur in front, looking back to Dionysos, is holding a club in r. arm and a torch in raised l. hand, the other one a torch in r. hand ref. BMC 43, pl. XIV, no.7 (rev. same die); Lanz 32, April 1985, 633 (same dies) F+, surfaces with porosity (Thanks to Curtis Clay for attribution!) [ATTACH=full]897781[/ATTACH] A similar type, AE size 10(?) with slightly different legends, is in the B.M. (J.Y.Akerman in "The Gentleman's Magazin, by Sylvanus Urban, Gent, Vol. IV, p. 132) Such a coin is like a beautiful lady clothed in veiling garment where you nevertheless can imagine her shape and her beauty underneath! Best regards [B] [/B][/QUOTE]
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