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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8188347, member: 99456"]here's a less common one</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1432984[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Antoninus Pius</b>, AD 138-161, BI Tetradrachm, dated RY 17 (AD 153/4)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> ANTωNIN-O-C CЄB ЄVCЄB, laureate and draped bust right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Tyche reclining left on lectisternium, holding rudder with her right hand and propping her head with left hand; L IZ (date) above</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2391; Emmett 1437.17</p><p><br /></p><p>Some entertaining Latin vocabulary with this coin: The <b>lectisternium</b> is a propitiatory ceremony, making the god or goddess comfortable with a meal offered to them - usually on a table next to the couch. The <b><i>lectum</i></b> (bed or couch) is draped (<b><i>sternere</i></b>). A cushion (<i><b>pulvinus</b></i>) is why the<i><b> lectum</b></i> is often called a <i><b>pulvinar</b></i>.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next:</b> another coin that comes with a vocabulary word (or words)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8188347, member: 99456"]here's a less common one [ATTACH=full]1432984[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt, Alexandria, Antoninus Pius[/B], AD 138-161, BI Tetradrachm, dated RY 17 (AD 153/4) [B]Obv:[/B] ANTωNIN-O-C CЄB ЄVCЄB, laureate and draped bust right [B]Rev: [/B]Tyche reclining left on lectisternium, holding rudder with her right hand and propping her head with left hand; L IZ (date) above [B]Ref:[/B] Köln –; Dattari (Savio) 2391; Emmett 1437.17 Some entertaining Latin vocabulary with this coin: The [B]lectisternium[/B] is a propitiatory ceremony, making the god or goddess comfortable with a meal offered to them - usually on a table next to the couch. The [B][I]lectum[/I][/B] (bed or couch) is draped ([B][I]sternere[/I][/B]). A cushion ([I][B]pulvinus[/B][/I]) is why the[I][B] lectum[/B][/I] is often called a [I][B]pulvinar[/B][/I]. [B] Next:[/B] another coin that comes with a vocabulary word (or words)[/QUOTE]
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