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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8343906, member: 87809"]Excellent Tetradrachm and fascinating write-up [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a superstition<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, of course not from any of the authors mentioned in the OP: </p><p><br /></p><p>Since Theta was used as an abbreviation for Thanatos, it was a tabu and not used, just like the number 13 is for floors or hotel rooms. On coins from Antiochia, Theta was replaced by ΔЄ which is 4 + 5 = 9</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one ΔЄ Elagabalus coin, and it is quite worn, however all the details are there:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ 19, Antiochia ad Orontem, 218 - 222 AD</p><p><br /></p><p>18.19 x 19.06 mm, 4.481 g</p><p>BMC 435; McAlee 783(b)/1; Butcher 470; SNG Copenhagen 243-244</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: AVT KAI MA ANTWNEINOC, laureate draped and cuirassed Elagabalus bust r.</p><p>Rev.: large S • C within wreath ΔЄ above ornamented by a star at top, eagle with open wings below.</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture courtesy AMCC3 (the coin was in a lot of 9 that I won):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1479958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479959[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 8343906, member: 87809"]Excellent Tetradrachm and fascinating write-up [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]. Just a superstition:D, of course not from any of the authors mentioned in the OP: Since Theta was used as an abbreviation for Thanatos, it was a tabu and not used, just like the number 13 is for floors or hotel rooms. On coins from Antiochia, Theta was replaced by ΔЄ which is 4 + 5 = 9 I only have one ΔЄ Elagabalus coin, and it is quite worn, however all the details are there: Æ 19, Antiochia ad Orontem, 218 - 222 AD 18.19 x 19.06 mm, 4.481 g BMC 435; McAlee 783(b)/1; Butcher 470; SNG Copenhagen 243-244 Obv.: AVT KAI MA ANTWNEINOC, laureate draped and cuirassed Elagabalus bust r. Rev.: large S • C within wreath ΔЄ above ornamented by a star at top, eagle with open wings below. Picture courtesy AMCC3 (the coin was in a lot of 9 that I won): [ATTACH=full]1479958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1479959[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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