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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 7397533, member: 15481"]I think it’s healthy with a little thought disorder from time to time<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The point where it gets unhealthy, is when you feel that there is an obvious and important connection between the moneyer, coin and spider, and you get angry and frustrated because nobody else are able to see it. In fact it worries you a lot that the world is unable to see how big of a threat these spiders are, and how this spiritual connection through time and space between an ancient commander of legions and legions of spiders in the now will become our end if we don’t stand together to face this threat. So you take to the streets to make people aware of the danger. You bring a home made sign and a megaphone.</p><p><br /></p><p>None of my coins make me that scared these days, but I think a lot about these coins nowadays:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1286940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286942[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These are 3 out of 4 coin types made in Antioch around 148/47 BC. They all carry the inscription</p><p>«AΔEΛΦΩN ΔHMΩN», which is believed to be an expression of the «brotherly love» between the peoples of Antioch, Apameia, Selecia Pieria and Laodicea. AΔEΛΦΩN ΔHMΩN means something along the lines of «brotherly municipality». It’s also quite possible that this minting was related to a revolt against Alexander Balas in 147 BC. These coins stimulate me to imagine how the days around the revolt have been, and the symbolism on the coins related to the events.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 7397533, member: 15481"]I think it’s healthy with a little thought disorder from time to time:) The point where it gets unhealthy, is when you feel that there is an obvious and important connection between the moneyer, coin and spider, and you get angry and frustrated because nobody else are able to see it. In fact it worries you a lot that the world is unable to see how big of a threat these spiders are, and how this spiritual connection through time and space between an ancient commander of legions and legions of spiders in the now will become our end if we don’t stand together to face this threat. So you take to the streets to make people aware of the danger. You bring a home made sign and a megaphone. None of my coins make me that scared these days, but I think a lot about these coins nowadays: [ATTACH=full]1286940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1286942[/ATTACH] These are 3 out of 4 coin types made in Antioch around 148/47 BC. They all carry the inscription «AΔEΛΦΩN ΔHMΩN», which is believed to be an expression of the «brotherly love» between the peoples of Antioch, Apameia, Selecia Pieria and Laodicea. AΔEΛΦΩN ΔHMΩN means something along the lines of «brotherly municipality». It’s also quite possible that this minting was related to a revolt against Alexander Balas in 147 BC. These coins stimulate me to imagine how the days around the revolt have been, and the symbolism on the coins related to the events.[/QUOTE]
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