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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 13633891, member: 99456&quot;]The capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language" rel="nofollow">Kazakh</a>: Алматы, formerly known as Alma Ata, has a name derived from the word Apple: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh_language" rel="nofollow">Kazakh</a>: Алма.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Apples, taxonomically, are members of Rosaceae, the Rose family, along with such other yummy edibles as pears, plums, peaches, cherries, strawberries, and raspberries. DNA analysis indicates that apples originated in the mountains of Kazakhstan, where the wild <i>Malus sieversii—</i>the many-times great-grandparent of <i>Malus domestica</i>, the modern domesticated apple—still flourishes.&quot;</p><p>-National Geographic, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/history-of-apples" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/history-of-apples" rel="nofollow">History of Apples</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While the Old Testament, Genesis refers to an unspecified “fruit”, the apple may have become associated with the &quot;forbidden fruit&quot; <i>because malus</i> in Latin means &quot;apple&quot; and &quot;evil&quot;.&nbsp; Venus holds an apple on this ancient coin, a reference to the myth of the golden apple that started the Trojan War. See: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-judgement-of-paris" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-judgement-of-paris" rel="nofollow">The Judgement of Paris</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1530141[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Roman Empire, Faustina Junior, Augusta</b>, AD 147-175, AR denarius, Rome mint,&nbsp; struck under emperor Antoninus Pius, circa AD 147-150</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Draped bust right, wearing a single circlet of pearls around head</p><p><b>Rev:</b>&nbsp; Venus standing left, holding apple and dolphin-entwined rudder</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC III <a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517C_denarius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.517C_denarius" rel="nofollow">517c</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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