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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7397487, member: 57495"]Brilliant article, Curtis! I think your pic of the coin is excellent. Also, wonderful photo of the view from Lato! </p><p><br /></p><p>I really love this coin type and also lean towards the depicted goddess being Europa, in spite of Svoronos's scepticism. Here's mine..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286947[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted.</p><p><i>Ex Matthew Curtis Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1398</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An excuse to post my favorite coin! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286951[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.77g, 29.8mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. SNG Cop -; Svoronos 36/62 (same obv die as 36, pl. XIII, 10; rev of 62, pl. XIV, 9); BMC Crete pg. 38, 7/8, pl. IX. 6 (same obv die) and 7 (same rev die?). O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, head resting pensively on left arm, which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing to right, head turned back left to lick its flank.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a rare provincial from Tyre showing Cadmus as the founder of Thebes. The gates of the city are in the upper left on the reverse with ΘH/BЄ below it to indicate what the scene is intended to depict. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286953[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>VALERIAN</b></p><p>AE27. 13.98g, 27.3mm. PHOENICIA, Tyre, circa AD 253-260. Rouvier 2500. O: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: TVRIORVM, Cadmus standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet to left, cow reclining right; in left field, city gate of Thebes above ΘH/BЄ; murex shell to right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 7397487, member: 57495"]Brilliant article, Curtis! I think your pic of the coin is excellent. Also, wonderful photo of the view from Lato! I really love this coin type and also lean towards the depicted goddess being Europa, in spite of Svoronos's scepticism. Here's mine.. [ATTACH=full]1286947[/ATTACH] [B]CRETE, Gortyna[/B] AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted. [I]Ex Matthew Curtis Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1398[/I] An excuse to post my favorite coin! :D [ATTACH=full]1286951[/ATTACH] [B]CRETE, Gortyna[/B] AR Stater. 11.77g, 29.8mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. SNG Cop -; Svoronos 36/62 (same obv die as 36, pl. XIII, 10; rev of 62, pl. XIV, 9); BMC Crete pg. 38, 7/8, pl. IX. 6 (same obv die) and 7 (same rev die?). O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in platanus tree; right hand on tree, head resting pensively on left arm, which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing to right, head turned back left to lick its flank. Here's a rare provincial from Tyre showing Cadmus as the founder of Thebes. The gates of the city are in the upper left on the reverse with ΘH/BЄ below it to indicate what the scene is intended to depict. [ATTACH=full]1286953[/ATTACH] [B]VALERIAN[/B] AE27. 13.98g, 27.3mm. PHOENICIA, Tyre, circa AD 253-260. Rouvier 2500. O: IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: TVRIORVM, Cadmus standing left, holding patera and spear; at feet to left, cow reclining right; in left field, city gate of Thebes above ΘH/BЄ; murex shell to right.[/QUOTE]
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