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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryan McVay, post: 7955467, member: 117904&quot;]Here&#039;s an example of Peripatics! [ATTACH=full]1379077[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukeia, Cilicia, Æ19, AD&nbsp; 1-200</p><p>4.65, 18.7mm, Levante 704; France 2</p><p>Obv: </p><p>ΣΕΑΥΚΕΩΝ (SELEUKEWN)</p><p>Head of Athena wearing crested helmet and armor facing right. Head tilted upward slightly and “eyes to heaven” pose. Beaded border.</p><p>Rev:</p><p>ΣΕΝΑΡΧΟΥ (XENARCOU)</p><p>Head of Helios facing right. Wearing radiate crown. Head tilted upward slightly and “eyes to heaven” pose. Beaded border.</p><p>Xenarchus of Seleucia in Cilicia was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher and grammarian. Xenarchus left home early, and devoted himself to the profession of teaching, first at Alexandria, afterward at Athens, and last at Rome, where he enjoyed the friendship of Arius and afterward of Augustus; and he was still living, in old age and honor, when Strabo wrote. Xenarchus disagreed with Aristotle on many issues. He denied the existence of the aether, composing a treatise entitled Against the Fifth Element. He is also mentioned by Simplicius, by Julian the Apostate, and by Alexander of Aphrodisias.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two Peripatics from Seleukeia, Xenarchus and Athenaeus. Head mentions both in his book HISTORIA NVMORVM, p. 727. Strabo mentions a contemporary of his, Athenaeus of Seleucia, a Peripatetic philosopher. He was for some time the leading demagogue in his native city, but afterwards came to Rome and became acquainted with Lucius Licinius Varro Murena. On the discovery of the plot which the latter, with Fannius Caepio, had entered into against Augustus, Athenaeus accompanied him in his flight. He was retaken, but pardoned by Augustus, as there was no evidence of his having taken a more active part in the plot. He is perhaps the same person as the writer mentioned by Diodorus, a historian who mentioned Semiramis.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still looking for the other Peripatic, Athenaeus! Granted this are not portrait coins of the people....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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