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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7388358, member: 75937"]Lovely coin, [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not just you. Were it not for the lions at her side, better seen on this specimen of the coin (<a href="https://nomosag.com/default.aspx?page=ucAuctionDetails&auctionid=20&id=330&p=1&s=&ca=18&type=auction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nomosag.com/default.aspx?page=ucAuctionDetails&auctionid=20&id=330&p=1&s=&ca=18&type=auction" rel="nofollow">Nomos 20, lot 330</a>, 10/07/2020), she might be confused for Ephesian Artemis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285917[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>That's because Artemis of Ephesus was the product of syncretism between aspects of Artemis and of Cybele and was therefore worshiped as a goddess of fertility, not as the virginal Greek goddess of hunting. I have <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cult-statue-of-artemis-in-neapolis-samaria.289132/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cult-statue-of-artemis-in-neapolis-samaria.289132/">discussed this previously</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, art historians differ on their interpretation of this statue in the Vatican Museum, with <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S6.12.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S6.12.html" rel="nofollow">some</a> identifying the goddess as Ephesian Artemis and <a href="https://www.freeart.com/artwork/art-print/statue-of-cybele-goddess-of-fertility_fa9770793.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.freeart.com/artwork/art-print/statue-of-cybele-goddess-of-fertility_fa9770793.html" rel="nofollow">others</a> as Cybele! Without the lions of Cybele or the stags of Artemis, her identity is anyone's guess!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1285920[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7388358, member: 75937"]Lovely coin, [USER=96898]@Orielensis[/USER]! It's not just you. Were it not for the lions at her side, better seen on this specimen of the coin ([URL='https://nomosag.com/default.aspx?page=ucAuctionDetails&auctionid=20&id=330&p=1&s=&ca=18&type=auction']Nomos 20, lot 330[/URL], 10/07/2020), she might be confused for Ephesian Artemis. [ATTACH=full]1285917[/ATTACH] That's because Artemis of Ephesus was the product of syncretism between aspects of Artemis and of Cybele and was therefore worshiped as a goddess of fertility, not as the virginal Greek goddess of hunting. I have [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cult-statue-of-artemis-in-neapolis-samaria.289132/']discussed this previously[/URL]. In fact, art historians differ on their interpretation of this statue in the Vatican Museum, with [URL='https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/S6.12.html']some[/URL] identifying the goddess as Ephesian Artemis and [URL='https://www.freeart.com/artwork/art-print/statue-of-cybele-goddess-of-fertility_fa9770793.html']others[/URL] as Cybele! Without the lions of Cybele or the stags of Artemis, her identity is anyone's guess! [ATTACH=full]1285920[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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