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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4553149, member: 96898&quot;]Nice idea, [USER=90248]@Spaniard[/USER] ! I&#039;m working on a similar set of Roman, if possible Severan, denarii showing the Twelve Olympians – or, better, &quot;Thirteen Olympians&quot; since I&#039;m including both Vesta and Liber/Bacchus. Still missing Diana and Vulcan, but I got my eyes on some coins and plan to pull the trigger once my current situation (I&#039;m in the middle of rather spontaneously moving to another continent) has settled down a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, until then, here are my two favorite Greek Athenas in bronze. I just realized I haven&#039;t shown them here before:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1127405[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Antiochos I Soter, Seleucid Empire, AE denomination D, 280–261 BC, Smyrna or Sardes mint. Obv: head of Athena facing. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTI]OXOY; Nike standing l., holding wreath; monogram in field l. 13mm, 2.12g. Ref: Seleucid Coins I, 315b.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1127406[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Aeolis, Elaia, AE10, 350–300 BC. Obv: helmeted head of Athena l. Rev: grain of wheat in olive wreath; ethnic E-Λ. 10mm, 1.08g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 169; Sear 4204; BMC 11–14.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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