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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7309869, member: 57495"]Great writeup! Here's a provincial with mother and daughter together:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277945[/ATTACH]<b>TRANQUILLINA</b></p><p>AE23. 6.0g, 23.4mm. THRACE, Odessus, AD 241-244. Varbanov 4614 (R7); AMNG 2405. O: CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA C, diademed and draped bust right. R: ΟΔΗCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Demeter standing right, holding long torch and grain ears, facing Persephone standing left, holding patera and torch.</p><p><br /></p><p>The abduction of Persephone by Hades:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277946[/ATTACH]<b>PHRYGIA, Hierapolis</b></p><p>AE29. 12.36g, 29.1mm. PHRYGIA, Hierapolis, circa AD 2nd-3rd centuries. Pseudo-autonomous issue. RPC Online 2045; SNG Cop 428. O: IЄPAΠOΛЄI-TΩN, head of youthful Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. R: The Abduction of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone. </p><p><br /></p><p>Less commonly found on coins is the infant deity Ploutos, who, depending on the source, was either the son of Demeter and Iasion, or Persephone and Hades. Ploutos came to represent wealth, but seems to originally have been a god of agricultural bounty. I like how on the coin below he's reaching out a hand to pluck an ear of grain from the cornucopia. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1277947[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum</b></p><p>AE15. 4.16g, 15.3mm. PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum, pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Antoninus Pius. Po. Ailios Dionysios Sabinianos, magistrate, circa AD 139-147. RPC IV.2 Online temp 2116; SNG Cop 535; BMC 98. O: Radiate and draped bust of Helios right. R: ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΔΙΟΝV, Cornucopia containing ears of corn and fruit; in inner curve of cornucopia, infant Ploutos seated left, raising arm towards hanging ear of corn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7309869, member: 57495"]Great writeup! Here's a provincial with mother and daughter together: [ATTACH=full]1277945[/ATTACH][B]TRANQUILLINA[/B] AE23. 6.0g, 23.4mm. THRACE, Odessus, AD 241-244. Varbanov 4614 (R7); AMNG 2405. O: CAB TPANKVΛΛEINA C, diademed and draped bust right. R: ΟΔΗCCΕΙΤΩΝ, Demeter standing right, holding long torch and grain ears, facing Persephone standing left, holding patera and torch. The abduction of Persephone by Hades: [ATTACH=full]1277946[/ATTACH][B]PHRYGIA, Hierapolis[/B] AE29. 12.36g, 29.1mm. PHRYGIA, Hierapolis, circa AD 2nd-3rd centuries. Pseudo-autonomous issue. RPC Online 2045; SNG Cop 428. O: IЄPAΠOΛЄI-TΩN, head of youthful Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. R: The Abduction of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone. Less commonly found on coins is the infant deity Ploutos, who, depending on the source, was either the son of Demeter and Iasion, or Persephone and Hades. Ploutos came to represent wealth, but seems to originally have been a god of agricultural bounty. I like how on the coin below he's reaching out a hand to pluck an ear of grain from the cornucopia. [ATTACH=full]1277947[/ATTACH] [B]PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum[/B] AE15. 4.16g, 15.3mm. PHRYGIA, Laodicea ad Lycum, pseudo-autonomous issue, time of Antoninus Pius. Po. Ailios Dionysios Sabinianos, magistrate, circa AD 139-147. RPC IV.2 Online temp 2116; SNG Cop 535; BMC 98. O: Radiate and draped bust of Helios right. R: ΛΑΟΔΙ-ΔΙΟΝV, Cornucopia containing ears of corn and fruit; in inner curve of cornucopia, infant Ploutos seated left, raising arm towards hanging ear of corn.[/QUOTE]
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