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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 4788343, member: 91461&quot;]The ever youthful Greek God Apollo, or as the Romans referred to him...Apollo<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, was twin brother to Artemis (and the only man she would allow into her life). And God of healing, music, medicine, the sun... and looking like a chic<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie31" alt=":cat:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (don&#039;t deny it, you totally thought he was a hot goddess when you first saw him on a coin).</p><p>I just received, via, DHL, my new archaic Apollo!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163963[/ATTACH]</p><p>IONIA. Kolophon. Obol (Circa 530/25-500 BC).</p><p>Obv: Archaic head of Apollo right.</p><p>Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.</p><p>Cf. SNG Kayhan 352 (tetartemorion); cf. SNG von Aulock 1811 (hemiobol).</p><p>Condition: Very fine.</p><p>Weight: 0.82 g.</p><p>Diameter: 8 mm.</p><p>Ex: Numismatik Naumann</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Whoa, whoa!&quot; You may be saying, &quot;What&#039;s up with the braids and cornrows?&quot;</p><p>Well, as you probably remember, early or archaic (which actually does NOT mean basic or poor in style, as it is used now, simply means the beginning of) Greek art had a very distinct style as can be evidenced in the Apollo of Veii:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163977[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Come on Daphne, look at that smile. How could she resist?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163978[/ATTACH]</p><p>(Well, at least she tried, due to Eros arrow. NOT Apollo at his best, due to a separate arrow of Eros. Though, the Greeks seemed to revel in the fact that their gods did whatever they wanted)</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t worry, I&#039;m not going to make any bad jokes about Apollo being the inventor of the pretentious looking man bun.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163980[/ATTACH]</p><p>After all, we are here to celebrate a God. Not make bad jokes...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163947[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Apollo seems to have had as many looks as the Greeks have body hair:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163979[/ATTACH]</p><p>(A well <i>plucked </i>Apollo on ancient pottery showing off his skills on the lyre)</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I can find my new coin is one of, if not, the first image of Apollo on coin. But certainly not my first Apollo!</p><p><br /></p><p>Man bun alert!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163994[/ATTACH]</p><p>BRUTTIUM, Rhegion</p><p>Circa 415/0-387 BCE. Æ 11mm (1.76 gm). Lion&#039;s head facing / PHΓIN[...], laureate head of Apollo right. Cf. SNG ANS 702; HN Italy 2524. Good VF, dark green patina</p><p><br /></p><p>Who is that foxy momma...I mean<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163981[/ATTACH]</p><p>LYDIA, Sardes</p><p>133 BC-AD 14. Æ.</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right. / Club within laurel wreath; monogram above.</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 470-482. BMC 238</p><p>17 mm, 4,62 g</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point he must&#039;ve been known as a lover aaand a fighter as a wonderfully rendered caestus on this coins reverse attests:[ATTACH=full]1163989[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia, Smyrna</p><p>Civic issue. 2nd-1st century BCE 75-50 BCE Metrodoros, son of Menekles, magistrate. laureate head of Apollo right within dotted border / [ΞΜ]ΥΡΝΑΙΩ[Ν] / [ΜΗΤ]ΡΟΔΩΡ[ΟΣ] , ethnic and magistrate&#039;s name vertically downwards to right and left of hand in caestus; palm-branch to right. Cf. BMC 56; Cf. Milne 393; Cf. SNG Cop 1172. VF, smooth tan-green patina.</p><p>&quot;caestus&quot; is a early version of the boxing glove</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1163997[/ATTACH]</p><p>Antiochos II</p><p>261-246 BCE Æ (18mm, 3.9g, 12h). Tralles. Laureate head of Apollo r. R/ Tripod; monogram to outer l., ? to r., anchor in exergue. SC 599; HGC 9, 253b. Green patina</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]nf0oXY4nDxE[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>So please post all your different faces of histories greatest pretty boy, thoughts, stories or whatever gets ahold of your Daphne![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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