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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2599865, member: 51347"]Nice and cool coin [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] with the long-historical GOOD-LUCK symbol of early times!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is typical that modern man has to associate it as poor symbolism through mass-media, and only used for a short period of time. Whereas, <b>the true meaning has been used for THOUSANDS of years:</b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>"The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit <b>svastika</b>, which means “good fortune” or “well-being." The motif (a hooked cross) appears to have first been used in Neolithic Eurasia, perhaps representing the movement of the sun through the sky. To this day it is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism."</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I only have Apollo-Anchor design:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]567315[/ATTACH]</p><p>Apollonia Pontica Thrace</p><p>AR Diobol 1.3g</p><p>410-323 BCE</p><p>Apollo</p><p>Anchor, crab A</p><p>Tupalov 56</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like my Apollo "kissed" the wall a little too harshly! >OUCH<[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2599865, member: 51347"]Nice and cool coin [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] with the long-historical GOOD-LUCK symbol of early times! It is typical that modern man has to associate it as poor symbolism through mass-media, and only used for a short period of time. Whereas, [B]the true meaning has been used for THOUSANDS of years:[/B] [I]"The word swastika comes from the Sanskrit [B]svastika[/B], which means “good fortune” or “well-being." The motif (a hooked cross) appears to have first been used in Neolithic Eurasia, perhaps representing the movement of the sun through the sky. To this day it is a sacred symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Odinism." [/I] I only have Apollo-Anchor design: [ATTACH=full]567315[/ATTACH] Apollonia Pontica Thrace AR Diobol 1.3g 410-323 BCE Apollo Anchor, crab A Tupalov 56 Looks like my Apollo "kissed" the wall a little too harshly! >OUCH<[/QUOTE]
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