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<p>[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7714611, member: 86498"]A few days ago I was commenting on the what the image might mean on a stater from the mint of Thasos. What I didn't discuss was that how other cities may have used other motifs to signal the same basic concept. As noted Greeks assume that chaos is the natural state of the world and that order as created by cities is the exception. Thus we have this coin.</p><p>Akanthos Ar Tetradrachm 470-430 BC Obv Lion on top of and biting into the hindquarters of a bull. Rv Quadripartite incuses square. Anepigraphic. Desneaux 63 HGC383 17.67 grams 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1323035[/ATTACH]On this coin we see a lion the exemplar of chaos launching what looks to be a successful attack on a bull representing domesticity and order. Like the Thasian coin this coin advertises that this city is on the fringe of the civilized world and beyond its borders all that exists is rule by brute force and not by law.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Terence Cheesman, post: 7714611, member: 86498"]A few days ago I was commenting on the what the image might mean on a stater from the mint of Thasos. What I didn't discuss was that how other cities may have used other motifs to signal the same basic concept. As noted Greeks assume that chaos is the natural state of the world and that order as created by cities is the exception. Thus we have this coin. Akanthos Ar Tetradrachm 470-430 BC Obv Lion on top of and biting into the hindquarters of a bull. Rv Quadripartite incuses square. Anepigraphic. Desneaux 63 HGC383 17.67 grams 29 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1323035[/ATTACH]On this coin we see a lion the exemplar of chaos launching what looks to be a successful attack on a bull representing domesticity and order. Like the Thasian coin this coin advertises that this city is on the fringe of the civilized world and beyond its borders all that exists is rule by brute force and not by law.[/QUOTE]
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