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Message:: [QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5289544, member: 99456"]Here's a favorite for political message: Ariarathes IX portrait looking a lot like his father (Mithradates VI of Pontus) with what appears to be a not-so-subtle message: "He's my son - watch how you behave or you may find yourself on the wrong side of the Great King of Pontus."  This is the same Mithradates who murdered his nephew Ariarathes VII, and then placed his 8-year-old son on the throne.[ATTACH=full]1221929[/ATTACH]Kings of Cappadocia, Ariarathes IX Eusebes Philopator, circa 100-85 BC, AR drachm, Mint A (Eusebeia-Mazaka), dated RY 4 (97/6 BC)Obv: Diademed head right, with the features of Mithradates VI of PontosRev: Athena Nikephoros standing left; monogram to inner left, Δ (date) in exergue For more on this story and other related coins of Cappadocia: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/a-father-s-support" rel="nofollow">A Father's Support</a> I think "Signs of the Zodiac" came in as a follow-up to "more gorgoneions" after the buzzer - to stay in one thread: let's keep the "Next" from [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]. Next: Miletos[/QUOTE]