I admired the original oval shape of this ancient Greek coin representing charming Tyche. The reverse shows an ancient Greek god or goddess that I can't identify. The coin weighs 4.61 g. Thanks for your comments.
Apameia, Phrygia. The reverse is Marsyas playing a double flute. BMC 62 and others. You can find pictures in Wildwinds, CNG's archives, and the usual places.
Phrygia, Apameia AE15, 3.86g, 12h; c. 133-48 BC. Obv.: Turreted head of Artemis as Tyche right. Rev.: AΠAMEΩN; Marsyas walking right on meander pattern, playing aulos. Ref.: SNG Cop 189.
Who met a grizzly end on account of his hubris for challenging Apollo to a musical duel. Perhaps Marsyas didn't pick the right song? "Fire on the Mountain." Run, boys, run! The Devil's in the house of the rising sun; Chicken's in the bread pan picking out dough. Granny, does your dog bite? No, child, no.
I've shown this RR before: L CENSORINUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS MARCIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Apollo right REVERSE: L CENSOR, the satyr, Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by draped figure (Minerva?) Rome 82 BC 3.66g, 17mm Cr363/1d, Marcia 24
It seems that this coin pertains to magistrate Arista Kefis since I can read APAM and ARIST to right and left of Marsyas. Thus it would be attribured as BMC 47 and Weber 7030. The size at width is 16 mm, but at length it measures 22mm. There is no mention of oval shape for this series. Could it be unpublished or not listed ?
It's actually the refrain from a Charlie Daniels Band song, The Devil Went Down To Georgia - a modern variation on the human versus deity musical duel, hence being in a thread about Marsyas. In this case, the human wins...
Ya...I was thinking it was from that song but I don't know the lyrics well enough and oddly when I read it, I read it in time with the Dylan song I haven't listened to in a long time...weird. My only Tyche that I can remember off the top of my head: Seleucid Kingdom, Demetrios I Soter, 162-150 BC AR tetradrachm, 16g, 32mm; Antioch mint, 162-155 BC Obv.: Diademed head of Demetrios I right within wreath. Rev.: Tyche, holding scepter and cornucopia, seated left on throne supported by tritonesses right, monogram to outer left. In two vertical lines, BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY (King Demetrios). Reference: SC 1637 var. Notes: ex-Massimo Malimpensa, Padua (No. 2623).