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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7671448, member: 57495&quot;]Very cool, RC.&nbsp; I&#039;ve always wanted one of these types showing Hecate triformis.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here she is on this provincial of Stratonicaea.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318090[/ATTACH]<b>CARACALLA [with Geta erased]</b></p><p>Medallic AE. 28.75g, 38mm. CARIA, STRATONICAEA, circa AD 209-211. Epitynchanontos, prytanis. SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG München –; SNG Tübingen –; cf. CNG 100, lot 1728; for c/m: Howgego 84. O: [AV K M AVP] ANTΩ[NINOC C Λ CЄ ΓЄTA]C K, Confronted busts of [Geta – erased as result of damnatio memoriae] right and Caracalla left, both laureate, draped, and cuirassed; c/m: Bust of Caracalla right within incuse circle. R: ЄΠI ΠPV ЄΠITVNKANONTOC Γ ΦΙΛΩNOC CTPAT[ONIKЄΩN], Hecate standing facing, head left, sacrificing from patera [over altar] and holding torch.</p><p><br /></p><p>In Thessaly, the goddess Ennodia was identified with Hecate.&nbsp; She too was a goddess of crossroads, magic, and ghosts.&nbsp; Her main place of worship was the city of Pherai.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318091[/ATTACH]<b>THESSALY, Pherai</b></p><p>AE Trichalkon. 8.81g, 21.2mm. THESSALY, Pherai, circa 404-369 BC. Rogers 511, fig. 277; BCD Thessaly II 687.2; HGC 4, 564. O: Head of Ennodia (or nymph Hypereia) facing slightly left. R: [ΦΕΡ]Α[Ι]-Ο[Ν], Lion&#039;s head fountain to right, with water pouring from mouth. </p><p><i>Ex BCD Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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