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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3091359, member: 75937"]I have been wanting a coin depicting Cybele riding a lion for some time. I have a number of coins depicting Cybele because I like her. Therefore, I jumped at the opportunity to acquire this provincial for a bargain price (unfortunate spot of corrosion right on Cybele's face) because I didn't know when I'd have the opportunity to buy another one because it's quite scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was going to write an essay about Cybele as Magna Mater, but I have nothing to add that Bill Welch hasn't already covered in this excellent piece <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_cybele.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_cybele.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Cybeles or anything you feel is relevant!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780137[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julia Domna AD 193-217.</p><p>Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 11.12g.</p><p>Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, legate Aurelius Gallus, AD 201-203.</p><p>Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right.</p><p>Rev: VΠ AVΡ ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡON, Magna Mater (Cybele) riding lion right, holding scepter and tympanum.</p><p>Refs: H&J, <i>Nikopolis</i> 8.17.31.1; Varbanov 2894 (same dies); AMNG --; Moushmov --; SNG Copenhagen --; BMC Thrace --; Lindgren --; Mionnet --.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notes: This is a die match to a <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3335614" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3335614" rel="nofollow">specimen sold by CNG</a> Jan. 27, 2016:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780138[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The same reverse type is known on coins of <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=140761" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=140761" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a> and Geta (AMNG 1672).</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of my other coins depicting Cybele in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780144[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780145[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780146[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780147[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]780148[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3091359, member: 75937"]I have been wanting a coin depicting Cybele riding a lion for some time. I have a number of coins depicting Cybele because I like her. Therefore, I jumped at the opportunity to acquire this provincial for a bargain price (unfortunate spot of corrosion right on Cybele's face) because I didn't know when I'd have the opportunity to buy another one because it's quite scarce. I was going to write an essay about Cybele as Magna Mater, but I have nothing to add that Bill Welch hasn't already covered in this excellent piece [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_cybele.html']here[/URL]. Post your Cybeles or anything you feel is relevant! [ATTACH=full]780137[/ATTACH] Julia Domna AD 193-217. Roman provincial Æ 23 mm, 11.12g. Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, legate Aurelius Gallus, AD 201-203. Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CE, draped bust right. Rev: VΠ AVΡ ΓAΛΛOV NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠΡOC ICTΡON, Magna Mater (Cybele) riding lion right, holding scepter and tympanum. Refs: H&J, [I]Nikopolis[/I] 8.17.31.1; Varbanov 2894 (same dies); AMNG --; Moushmov --; SNG Copenhagen --; BMC Thrace --; Lindgren --; Mionnet --. Notes: This is a die match to a [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3335614']specimen sold by CNG[/URL] Jan. 27, 2016: [ATTACH=full]780138[/ATTACH] The same reverse type is known on coins of [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=140761']Septimius Severus[/URL] and Geta (AMNG 1672). Here are a few of my other coins depicting Cybele in my collection: [ATTACH=full]780144[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]780145[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]780146[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]780147[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]780148[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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