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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientone, post: 2858440, member: 71599&quot;][ATTACH=full]680044[/ATTACH]<b>Cilicia, Tarsos. AE35. Philip I or II / Spes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p>Bronze Medallion 35mm (21.94 grams) of Tarsus in Cilicia</p><p>AVT KAI IOV ΦIΛIΠΠON ЄVT ЄVC CЄ around, Π - Π in field, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right.</p><p>TAPCOV THC MHTPOΠOΛEΩC AMK, Elpis (Spes) standing left, holding flower and pulling on skirt, Γ B across fields.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki-&nbsp; <b>Elpis</b> is the personification and spirit of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope" rel="nofollow">hope</a> (usually seen as an extension to suffering by the Greek, not as a god), perhaps a child of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyx_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyx_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Nyx</a> and mother of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheme" rel="nofollow">Pheme</a>, the goddess of fame, renown and rumor. She was depicted as a young woman, usually carrying flowers or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia" rel="nofollow">cornucopia</a> in her hands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Large provincial &gt;34mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>You guys are quick...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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