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<p>[QUOTE="Marsman, post: 3361315, member: 99177"]I went to Samos last summer (a beautiful island btw !) and read some articles about Pythagoras on the beach. Pythagoras was born on Samos. Pythagoras' idea was that the earth must be round cause a circle is the most harmonic geometric form. He had no further scientific proof for it. He must have been one of the firsts around that came up with this thought....</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Providentia is pointing at a globe (earth ?) with her wand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890950[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, sestertius</p><p>32 mm, 25.73 g, Rome</p><p>Obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right</p><p>Rev. TR POT XX IMP III COS III S C, Providentia, draped, standing left, pointing wand in right hand at globe at her feet and holding vertical sceptre in left hand</p><p>RIC III 923.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]890951[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a (nice) statue of Pythagoras at the harbour of Pythagorian in Samos, pointing at the sky with a triangle in his hand......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsman, post: 3361315, member: 99177"]I went to Samos last summer (a beautiful island btw !) and read some articles about Pythagoras on the beach. Pythagoras was born on Samos. Pythagoras' idea was that the earth must be round cause a circle is the most harmonic geometric form. He had no further scientific proof for it. He must have been one of the firsts around that came up with this thought.... This is my coin :) Providentia is pointing at a globe (earth ?) with her wand. [ATTACH=full]890950[/ATTACH] Marcus Aurelius, sestertius 32 mm, 25.73 g, Rome Obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right Rev. TR POT XX IMP III COS III S C, Providentia, draped, standing left, pointing wand in right hand at globe at her feet and holding vertical sceptre in left hand RIC III 923. [ATTACH=full]890951[/ATTACH] This is a (nice) statue of Pythagoras at the harbour of Pythagorian in Samos, pointing at the sky with a triangle in his hand......[/QUOTE]
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