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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2806001, member: 57495"]<b>BYBLUS</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655490[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>DIADUMENIAN</b></p><p>AE22. 11.08g, 22mm. PHOENICIA, Byblus, 217 AD, Cf. Rouvier 699; BMC 40-3. O: M OΠ ΔIAΔVMENIANOC KAI, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right. R: BYB - ΛOV IEPAC, Astarte wearing a polos standing facing, carrying a spear, foot on prow, being crowned by Nike on short column to right; all within distyle temple with a fancy arched roof. </p><p><br /></p><p>Byblus was one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and was the religious center of Phoenicia. In one telling of the the myth of Egyptian deities Isis and Osiris, the malevolent god Set murdered the mortal Osiris by shutting him up in a trunk which he threw into the sea. The trunk came to shore near the city of Byblus, and it was here that Isis finally recovered the body of her dead husband and brought him back to life. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]655489[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2806001, member: 57495"][B]BYBLUS[/B] [ATTACH=full]655490[/ATTACH] [B]DIADUMENIAN[/B] AE22. 11.08g, 22mm. PHOENICIA, Byblus, 217 AD, Cf. Rouvier 699; BMC 40-3. O: M OΠ ΔIAΔVMENIANOC KAI, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right. R: BYB - ΛOV IEPAC, Astarte wearing a polos standing facing, carrying a spear, foot on prow, being crowned by Nike on short column to right; all within distyle temple with a fancy arched roof. Byblus was one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and was the religious center of Phoenicia. In one telling of the the myth of Egyptian deities Isis and Osiris, the malevolent god Set murdered the mortal Osiris by shutting him up in a trunk which he threw into the sea. The trunk came to shore near the city of Byblus, and it was here that Isis finally recovered the body of her dead husband and brought him back to life. [ATTACH=full]655489[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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