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<p>[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4595384, member: 75143"]The Nike and Poseidon coin is amazing. Both sides clearly show a common statuary motif, both of which still exist in original forms.</p><p>I do not know if the extant statues were the prototypes for the coins, but the resemblance is striking.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138043[/ATTACH]</p><p>Winged Nike of Samothrace. Current state and reconstruction:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138048[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138047[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Artemision Zeus or Poseidon. I can only find this one low quality image in the same side view as the coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138046[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1138045[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>What I find <i>most interesting</i> is that the coin seems to definitively solve the question of whether the Artemision bronze is Zeus or Poseidon. Every since discovery scholars have debated whether it depicts Zeus holding a lightning bolt, or Poseidon holding a trident.</p><p>Proponents of the Zeus theory say that a trident would block the view of the statue's head from the side, and therefore it must not be a trident, among other evidences such as vase depictions of the trident not being found in this orientation.</p><p>The coin very clearly depicts a trident.</p><p>Also, it solves the question of what the statue is doing with its left hand.</p><p>Zeus theorists say that the hand is in that position to help the god "aim" his lightning bolt.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, the coin again clearly shows Poseidon holding up some fish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like this mystery is pretty clearly solved, thanks to this spectacular coinage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hotwheelsearl, post: 4595384, member: 75143"]The Nike and Poseidon coin is amazing. Both sides clearly show a common statuary motif, both of which still exist in original forms. I do not know if the extant statues were the prototypes for the coins, but the resemblance is striking. [ATTACH=full]1138043[/ATTACH] Winged Nike of Samothrace. Current state and reconstruction: [ATTACH=full]1138048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1138047[/ATTACH] Artemision Zeus or Poseidon. I can only find this one low quality image in the same side view as the coin: [ATTACH=full]1138046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1138045[/ATTACH] What I find [I]most interesting[/I] is that the coin seems to definitively solve the question of whether the Artemision bronze is Zeus or Poseidon. Every since discovery scholars have debated whether it depicts Zeus holding a lightning bolt, or Poseidon holding a trident. Proponents of the Zeus theory say that a trident would block the view of the statue's head from the side, and therefore it must not be a trident, among other evidences such as vase depictions of the trident not being found in this orientation. The coin very clearly depicts a trident. Also, it solves the question of what the statue is doing with its left hand. Zeus theorists say that the hand is in that position to help the god "aim" his lightning bolt. But, the coin again clearly shows Poseidon holding up some fish. Looks like this mystery is pretty clearly solved, thanks to this spectacular coinage.[/QUOTE]
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