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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8277823, member: 75937&quot;]Everybody loves Philadelphia! That&#039;s where the LOVE sculpture is!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/95/55/16/955516fd60f9f61d86725a3878c85813.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the home of the cheesesteak, for cryin&#039; out loud!!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/SVln0wChxI8gHurE6j/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e476i8ycyorf4qbrpaqyl1xsama2vpt668kix01tfkf&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>People sing about it!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]2sd6P2Tu8rw[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>No, no, no ...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/YoYOhif8otaJI8uIMT/giphy.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not Philadelphia, PA. I&#039;m talking about Philadelphia in Lydia!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6a/dd/4a/6add4ae35c0cf597802322fd048b38ff.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The city of Philadelphia (modern Alaşehir) was founded in 189 BC by King Eumenes II of Pergamon (197–160 BC). Eumenes II named the city for the love of his brother, who would be his successor, Attalus II (159–138 BC), whose loyalty earned him the nickname, &quot;Philadelphos,&quot; literally meaning &quot;one who loves his brother.&quot;[1] The city is perhaps best known as the site of one of the seven churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation (<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A11&amp;version=NIV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+1%3A11&amp;version=NIV" rel="nofollow">Rev 1:11</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Philadelphia lies in eastern Lydia, on the lower slope of Mount Tmolus (modern Bozdağ Mountain), in a position commanding the valley of the River Cogamis and the important route connecting the valleys of the Hermus and the Meander.[2]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461697[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">From &quot;Asia citerior,&quot; Auctore Henrico Kiepert Berolinensi. Geographische Verlagshandlung Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen) Berlin, Wilhemlstr. 29. (1903). <a href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~34460~1180072:Asia-citerior--Auctore-Henrico-Kiep" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~34460~1180072:Asia-citerior--Auctore-Henrico-Kiep" rel="nofollow">David Rumsey Historical Map Collection</a>.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The earliest coins of Philadelphia belong to the second century BC. Those with the Macedonian shield on the obverse (are you reading, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER]?) and a thunderbolt and monogram on the reverse appear to have been the first issued by the city. The second issue, which I illustrate with a coin in my collection, below, features the head of Zeus on the obverse and a Lyre and monogram on the reverse.[3]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1461707[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">Lydia, Philadelphia, early-mid 2nd century BC.</font></p><p><font size="3">Greek Æ 17 mm, 5.84 g, 12 h.</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv: Head of Zeus, right, wearing tainia.</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev: ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛ / ΦΕѠΝ either side of lyre (or kithara), monogram above, plectrum below; all within laurel-wreath.</font></p><p><font size="3">Refs: BMC 22.187, 5-7; Sear 4720; cf. SNG Cop 348-50; cf. SNG von Aulock 3061.</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><i>Let&#039;s see your coins of Philadelphia!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And enjoy The Sound of Philadelphia!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]TYhgMI9Zx-g[/MEDIA]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>~~~</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Notes</b></p><p><br /></p><p>1. &quot;Alaşehir.&quot; <i>Wikipedia</i>, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Jan. 2022, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala%C5%9Fehir" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaşehir</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Head, Barclay Vincent. <i>A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Lydia</i>. Printed by Order of the Trustees, 1901, p. lxxxiv. Available <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/BMC/BMC_Lydia.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/BMC/BMC_Lydia.pdf" rel="nofollow">online</a> at Forum Ancient Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Ibid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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