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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jochen1, post: 4295749, member: 103829&quot;]There was a time where I was addicted by Orpheus and his myth. From this time 2 more coins from my collection. But I have to confess, that they are sometimes called Apollo.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> 1st Coin:</b></p><p>Thrace, Philippopolis, Septimius Severus, AD 193-211</p><p>AE 29, 16.37g, 28.87mm, 0°</p><p>Obv.: AVT K Λ CE - CEVHPOC</p><p>bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev.: ΦIΛIΠΠO - ΠOΛEI / TΩN</p><p>Orpheus, in Thracian garment, wearing Phrygian bonnet, sitting r. on rocks, head l., holding lyre on l. knee and plectron in extended r. hand.</p><p>Ref.: Moushmov 5305; rev. B. Pick, Thrakische Münzbilder (1898), J.d.deutsch.archäolog.Inst. XIII, pl.10, 3</p><p>very rare, about VF, some corrosion</p><p>The rev. is from the same die as the rev. of he next coin of Caracalla.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093504[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>2nd Coin:</b></p><p>Thrace, Philippopolis, Caracalla, AD 198-217</p><p>AE 31, 16.14g, 30.79mm, 0°</p><p>Obv.: AVT K M AVP - ANTΩNEINOC</p><p>bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.</p><p>Rev.: ΦIΛIΠΠO - ΠOΛEI / TΩN</p><p>Orpheus, in Thracian garment, wearing Phrygian bonnet, sitting r. on rocks, head l., holding lyre on l. knee and plectron in extended r. hand.</p><p>Ref.: Moushmov 5305; rev. B. Pick, Thrakische Münzbilder (1898), J.d.deutsch.archäol.Inst. XIII, pl.10, 3</p><p>very rare, F+/about VF, dark black-green patina</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093505[/ATTACH] </p><p>And as give-away a pic of the mosaic of Orpheus from our Dominican Museum Rottweil (the former Area Flaviae). If you look at the details you see the high quality of this mosaic. Hence it is assumed that it was created not by local but by foreign artists</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1093506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Jochen[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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