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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 8134358, member: 82322&quot;]This coin is said to depict &quot;Selene-Hecate&quot;.&nbsp; The goddess isn&#039;t named; the identification must come from the torches.&nbsp; Does anyone know the story?&nbsp; I do not.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1417219[/ATTACH] </p><p>LYDIA, Thyatira. Elagabalus, 218-222 AD, AE27. 9.10g</p><p>Obv: ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟϹ; laureate and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus, r., seen from rear</p><p>Rev: ΘΥΑΤƐΙΡΗΝΩΝ; Selene-Hecate advancing, r., looking back, wearing crescent on shoulders, holding torch in each hand, one upwards the other downwards.</p><p>Ref: RPC VI <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4310" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4310" rel="nofollow">4310 (temp)</a>, BMC <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Mk9mAAAAMAAJ&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;dq=greek%20coins%20of%20lydia&amp;pg=PA314#v=onepage&amp;q=thyatira&amp;f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Mk9mAAAAMAAJ&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;dq=greek%20coins%20of%20lydia&amp;pg=PA314#v=onepage&amp;q=thyatira&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">118</a> var.</p><p>ex-Economopoulos Numismatics (Nick)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rare.&nbsp; Four specimens with this inscription in RPC, plus 6 of <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4328" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/4328" rel="nofollow">4328</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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