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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 14644665, member: 85693&quot;]Another very interesting and informative post, [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] - it took me getting some help on NF but it turns out I also have an Ambrosia from Damascus - in very poor condition, unfortunately:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1532032[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Volusian&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ 23 (251-253 A.D.)&nbsp; Syria, Coele-Syria, Damascus</b></p><p>IMP GALLO VO[L]OS[SIANO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust seen from front / [COL ΔAMAS] CO METRO, naked Ambrosia standing (head right?), holding two vines, her feet growing from the earth</p><p>(10.93 grams / 23 x 22 mm)</p><p>eBay Dec. 2022&nbsp; </p><p><b>Attribution &amp; Die-Matches:</b></p><p>RPC IX 1965A; De Saulcy 8; Rosenberger –; BMC –; SNG München –; SNG Hunterian –; SNG Cop. –.</p><p><b>Obv.-Rev. Die-Matches:&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>RPC No. 1:</b>&nbsp; Bibliothèque nationale, Inventory 114</p><p><b>RPC No. 2:</b>&nbsp; CNG EA 341; Lot 71; 17.12.14</p><p><b>RPC No. 3:</b>&nbsp; Savoca 108 Silver; Lot 364; 31.07.21</p><p><b>Notes:</b> &quot;The figure on the reverse has often been described as Dionysus holding vines, but as the type represents a female this identification can be discounted. For</p><p>recent interpretations of this very interesting type, see G. Bijowski, “The myth of Daphne on a coin minted at Damascus,” AJN 15 (2003), pp. 53-9 and K. Butcher,</p><p>“Ambrosia in Damascus?,” NC 170 (2010), pp. 85-91.&quot; CNG</p><p><br /></p><p>The article by Butcher on these issues is here:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.academia.edu/433288/Ambrosia_in_Damascus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/433288/Ambrosia_in_Damascus" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/433288/Ambrosia_in_Damascus</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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