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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 3831452, member: 103829&quot;]My most beautiful Hera:</p><p><br /></p><p>Moesia inferior, Tomis, Philipp II, AD 247-249</p><p>AE 26, 13.84g</p><p>Obv.: M IOVLIOC FILIPPOC / KAICAR</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Confronting busts of Philipp I, draped and cuirassed, bare-headed, r., and Serapis, draped and wearing kalathos, l.</p><p>Rev. MHTROP PONT - O - V TOMEWC</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hera, in chiton and himation, stg. l., holding patera in outstretched r. hand and sceptre in her l. hand</p><p>Ref.: AMNG 3591 (1 ex. in Odessa)</p><p>rare, VF, circular traces of ancient flan smoothing, nice rev. depiction</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018454[/ATTACH] </p><p>On this coin Hera looks more like Aphrodite than the venerable Queen of Heaven. According to Pat Lawrence the reverse could depict a variant of the statue of the Hera Borghese. This statue too was discussed wether it shows Hera or Aphrodite.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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