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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 4982631, member: 90248&quot;]So here we go....Numero Nueve..9.....Another tough one to acquire...Really liked the detail and the simplistic depictions on both sides, with an added provenance bonus of it being an Ex Harlan J. Berk.</p><p><br /></p><p>HERA...</p><p>Hera was the wife and sister of Zeus...And the daughter of the Titans Cronos and Rhea..She wasn&#039;t actually born like us mortals but was apparently regurgitated by her father Cronos! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Goddess of women, marriage, the family and childbirth.</p><p>Symbols associated with her...Pomegranate, peacock feather, diadem, cow, lily, lotus, cuckoo, panther, scepter, throne, lion</p><p>Roman equivalent goddess...Juno.</p><p>This coin was minted in Samos a city/island just off the west coast of Turkey and part of the ancient region known as Ionia. It was the birthplace of Greek philosophers such as the mathematician Pythagorus, Melissus, Epicurus and the astronomer Aristarchus being the first person to propose that the earth revolves around the sun (What a mad man! We all know it revolves around money!). Samos was a rich and powerful city-state renowned for wine production, which continues to this day, in fact most of the island is still covered in grape vine. Also famous for its red pottery (Samian ware), with its smooth surfaces, rich red-brown colour and sometimes finely detailed, it is quite &#039;beautiful&#039;!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197072[/ATTACH] </p><p>Samos also has some very important UNESCO sites..The archaic temple of Hera herself &#039;the Heraion&#039; which stood 6km outside the ancient city. According to tradition, the Goddess Hera was born and raised here and for this reason her temple in Heraion is the biggest in the whole ancient world 109m long x 55m wide and 25m high also commonly known as Kolona (column) due to the one and only surviving column still standing.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197073[/ATTACH] </p><p>And &#039;The tunnel of Eupalinos (also known as the Eupalinian aqueduct). An amazing engineering feat, being excavated around 6BC, this tunnel was just over 1km long running right through mount Kastro allowing the city to bring in its own fresh water supply from an inland natural spring.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197074[/ATTACH] </p><p>Here&#039;s the sweet little coin...</p><p>Ionia Samos AE13 Circa 350 BC, 13.07 mm/3.08 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of Hera left</p><p>Reverse: Lion&#039;s scalp facing</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 1694</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197075[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>The set so far....Please feel free to post your Hera coins...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197076[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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