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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 723488, member: 15445"]<b>Holl-y-wood</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I have always been puzzled by the film Troy staring Brad Pitt, etc. The film depicts the assault on Troy by some united Greek forces back in something like 1200 BC. This is Greek mythology & I looked up the date when the film first came out. I think I have the 1200 BC date about right. The film reminds us of great names like Achilles & Hector. According to the film, it was normal to place coins on the eyes of the fallen prince of Troy (Hector) before they burned his remains. They flash the coins in the DVD but I couldn’t get a clear image. I’m curious what “coins” were used more than 500 years before the Lydian wart-nose lion coins. I guess this is a question for you ancient guys.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">collect89</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 723488, member: 15445"][b]Holl-y-wood[/b] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I have always been puzzled by the film Troy staring Brad Pitt, etc. The film depicts the assault on Troy by some united Greek forces back in something like 1200 BC. This is Greek mythology & I looked up the date when the film first came out. I think I have the 1200 BC date about right. The film reminds us of great names like Achilles & Hector. According to the film, it was normal to place coins on the eyes of the fallen prince of Troy (Hector) before they burned his remains. They flash the coins in the DVD but I couldn’t get a clear image. I’m curious what “coins” were used more than 500 years before the Lydian wart-nose lion coins. I guess this is a question for you ancient guys.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Very best regards,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]collect89[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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