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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7393332, member: 75937"]Fantastic write-up, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]! Entertaining AND informative!</p><p><br /></p><p>The most relevant coin in my collection is this one, a Roman provincial featuring a woman riding a bull. Although the image looks like Europa, numismatists believe it to be <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=artemis%20tauropolos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=artemis%20tauropolos" rel="nofollow">Artemis Tauropolos</a>, because Amphipolis was home to a temple of Artemis Tauropolos. [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] explains in reply #112 <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.100" rel="nofollow">here.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The Epithet, "Tauropolos," stems from Euripides in his famous tragedies <i>Iphigenia in Aulis</i> and <i>Iphigenia in Tauris</i>. The meaning of this epithet is not entirely clear. Among the possibilities are "worshiped at Tauris," "pulled by a yoke of bulls," or "hunting bull-goddess."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/augustus-amphipolis-jpg.1090014/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 23.</p><p>Macedon, Amphipolis, 10.25 g, 23.3 mm, 1 h.</p><p>Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, bare-head, right.</p><p>Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis Tauropolos with inflated veil, riding on bull galloping right.</p><p>Refs: BMC 5, p. 52, 73; Sear Greek Imperial 29.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7393332, member: 75937"]Fantastic write-up, [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER]! Entertaining AND informative! The most relevant coin in my collection is this one, a Roman provincial featuring a woman riding a bull. Although the image looks like Europa, numismatists believe it to be [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=artemis%20tauropolos']Artemis Tauropolos[/URL], because Amphipolis was home to a temple of Artemis Tauropolos. [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] explains in reply #112 [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=25089.100']here.[/URL] The Epithet, "Tauropolos," stems from Euripides in his famous tragedies [I]Iphigenia in Aulis[/I] and [I]Iphigenia in Tauris[/I]. The meaning of this epithet is not entirely clear. Among the possibilities are "worshiped at Tauris," "pulled by a yoke of bulls," or "hunting bull-goddess." [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/augustus-amphipolis-jpg.1090014/[/IMG] Augustus, 27 BC - AD 14. Roman provincial AE 23. Macedon, Amphipolis, 10.25 g, 23.3 mm, 1 h. Obv: ΚΑΙΣΑΡ ΘΕΟΥ ΥΙΟΣ, bare-head, right. Rev: ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛΙΕΙΤΩΝ, Artemis Tauropolos with inflated veil, riding on bull galloping right. Refs: BMC 5, p. 52, 73; Sear Greek Imperial 29.[/QUOTE]
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