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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 4736740, member: 90248&quot;]OK number 7.</p><p>Decided to tick off one of the more difficult ladies and believe me was a tough one to find!....There are a few types that are readily available from Phrygia with double cornucopiae reverse but they always seem to have an obverse ID &#039;Head of Laodice or Aphrodite right&#039; and I just couldn&#039;t live with the doubt!.....This coin seems to be quite rare and I really liked the fact the reverse depicts symbols associated with her, the rose and dove.</p><p><br /></p><p>APHRODITE.</p><p>She was another daughter of Zeus (this guy got around!) and Dione a Titan goddess who&#039;s parents were Oceanus and Tethys.</p><p>The Goddess of love and beauty and also associated with desire, passion and sexuality (This little lady was hot!). She was the wife of Hephaestus (Vulcan) but had many lovers including Phaon, Nerites, Adonis, Hermes, Dionysus, Butes, Phaon, Hestia, Ares, Poseidon, and Anchises to mention a few!</p><p>Symbols assosiated to her...Dolphin, Rose, Scallop Shell, Myrtle, Dove, Sparrow, Girdle, Mirror, Pearl and Swan</p><p>Roman equivalent being Venus.</p><p>The coin was minted in Laodicea ad Lycum (Laodicea on the river Lycus) which was located in Phrygia in western Asia Minor, about 100 miles east of Ephesus. It was a possession of the Kingdom of Pergamon in the 2nd century BC when the last king, Attalus III (138-133 BC), died childless and willed his kingdom to the Roman Republic. Laodicea prospered modestly under Roman rule, though it was devastated during the Mithridatic Wars between Mithridates VI of Pontus and the Romans. It eventually recovered and became a thriving commercial centre. The city was home to one of the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse mentioned in the biblical Book of Revelation.</p><p>This is another place I visited many years ago and apparently this area has had extensive renovation of the ruins and also in 2019 a large bronze statue of Trajan was unearthed heres a link...<a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.trt.net.tr/espanol/cultura-y-arte/2019/03/28/la-ciudad-antigua-de-laodicea-se-hara-subir-a-los-estandares-de-efeso-1172687" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/go/link.asp?target=https://www.trt.net.tr/espanol/cultura-y-arte/2019/03/28/la-ciudad-antigua-de-laodicea-se-hara-subir-a-los-estandares-de-efeso-1172687" rel="nofollow">https://www.trt.net.tr/espanol/cult...feso-1172687</a></p><p>A few photos showing some areas of the ancient city..</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158731[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here&#039;s the coin....</p><p>LAODICEA AD LYCUM (Phrygia) 14mm/4.0gr. Ca 200-100 BC.</p><p>Obverse: Draped bust of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, hair in bun.</p><p>Reverse: ΛAOΔIKEΩN. Aphrodite standing left, holding dove, rose with stalk to left.</p><p>BMC Phrygia (p.284)27, SNG Copenhagen 497; SNG München 340; HGC 7, 744</p><p>SCARCE (R1 per HGC) Laodicea ad Lycum mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158732[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here&#039;s a breakdown of the reverse legend and the Roman equivalent Venus from my collection....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158733[/ATTACH]</p><p>We&#039;re up to 7....</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158737[/ATTACH]</p><p>Please post your Aphrodite coins......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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