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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8431888, member: 99456"]This coin from Corinth comes with many tangents to pursue: the definition of <i><b>hetaira</b></i>, Aristotle (384–322 BC) and his study under Plato, founding of the "peripatetic school", or origins of the name "peripatetic"... See: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lais-of-corinth" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lais-of-corinth" rel="nofollow">Laϊs of Corinth</a> for the longer story</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1495100[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Achaea, Corinthia, Corinth</b>, during the reign of Hadrian, AD 128/38, AE 21mm 7.15g</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Ηead of Aphrodite (?) Laϊs(?), with earring and necklace, right, hair brought back and tied behind, leaving loose ends</p><p><b>Rev: </b>COL L IVL COR, lioness standing, left, over prostrate ram, on capital of Doric column; very little of the fluted shaft is shown</p><p><b>Ref:</b> <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/247" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/247" rel="nofollow"><u>RPC Vol. III 247</u></a> same dies as the example in RPC, very rare with 5 specimens known in RPC, SNG Copenhagen (vol. XV, Corinth) 294</p><p><b>Note: </b>"The head on the obverse of the coin may be intended either for Aphrodite or for Lais herself." </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next: </b>another coin from Corinth[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8431888, member: 99456"]This coin from Corinth comes with many tangents to pursue: the definition of [I][B]hetaira[/B][/I], Aristotle (384–322 BC) and his study under Plato, founding of the "peripatetic school", or origins of the name "peripatetic"... See: [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/lais-of-corinth']Laϊs of Corinth[/URL] for the longer story [ATTACH=full]1495100[/ATTACH] [B]Achaea, Corinthia, Corinth[/B], during the reign of Hadrian, AD 128/38, AE 21mm 7.15g [B]Obv:[/B] Ηead of Aphrodite (?) Laϊs(?), with earring and necklace, right, hair brought back and tied behind, leaving loose ends [B]Rev: [/B]COL L IVL COR, lioness standing, left, over prostrate ram, on capital of Doric column; very little of the fluted shaft is shown [B]Ref:[/B] [URL='https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/247'][U]RPC Vol. III 247[/U][/URL] same dies as the example in RPC, very rare with 5 specimens known in RPC, SNG Copenhagen (vol. XV, Corinth) 294 [B]Note: [/B]"The head on the obverse of the coin may be intended either for Aphrodite or for Lais herself." [B]Next: [/B]another coin from Corinth[/QUOTE]
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