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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7887491, member: 83845"]I’m a little late to the party but I took some time to read your post over at your blog. It was a very informative write up and I learned a lot about Veiovis. The subterranean gods are interesting and largely left out of the artistic tradition, unfortunately.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for the write up. I really enjoy these “what was meant by this depiction” types of research pieces. After looking into it a bit more I think the reverse is probably Cupid on a goat as Crawford suggests. At first I thought this was strange but after doing some research it seems that it is not an unknown iconographic representation of Cupid... who knew? This depiction of Eros riding a goat was found in the temple of Apollo in Cyprus in the mid-19th century.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360739[/ATTACH]</p><p>It is now in the <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241155" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241155" rel="nofollow">MET Museum</a>. (Dated 3rd century BC or later)</p><p><br /></p><p>This certainly seems to draw a very early connection between this depiction of Eros and Apollo (lost myth?) which would make the argument for the obverse figure to be Apollo that much stronger. This depiction of Cupid seems fairly common to my surprise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore my money is on Apollo / Cupid. Though I do admit that the iconography on this coin is all over the place. What is the thunderbolt about???</p><p><br /></p><p>Great thread [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] as always! I enjoy these reads that make me have to think. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the spirit of the thread I will post a coin that <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-lifetime-issue-of-alexander-the-great-with-interesting-interpretations.357110/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-lifetime-issue-of-alexander-the-great-with-interesting-interpretations.357110/">I also have doubts</a> about the popular attribution to Apollo.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 7887491, member: 83845"]I’m a little late to the party but I took some time to read your post over at your blog. It was a very informative write up and I learned a lot about Veiovis. The subterranean gods are interesting and largely left out of the artistic tradition, unfortunately. Thank you for the write up. I really enjoy these “what was meant by this depiction” types of research pieces. After looking into it a bit more I think the reverse is probably Cupid on a goat as Crawford suggests. At first I thought this was strange but after doing some research it seems that it is not an unknown iconographic representation of Cupid... who knew? This depiction of Eros riding a goat was found in the temple of Apollo in Cyprus in the mid-19th century. [ATTACH=full]1360739[/ATTACH] It is now in the [URL='https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/241155']MET Museum[/URL]. (Dated 3rd century BC or later) This certainly seems to draw a very early connection between this depiction of Eros and Apollo (lost myth?) which would make the argument for the obverse figure to be Apollo that much stronger. This depiction of Cupid seems fairly common to my surprise. Therefore my money is on Apollo / Cupid. Though I do admit that the iconography on this coin is all over the place. What is the thunderbolt about??? Great thread [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] as always! I enjoy these reads that make me have to think. :bookworm::D In the spirit of the thread I will post a coin that [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-lifetime-issue-of-alexander-the-great-with-interesting-interpretations.357110/']I also have doubts[/URL] about the popular attribution to Apollo. [ATTACH=full]1360740[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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