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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeteB, post: 4902099, member: 99412&quot;]Another interesting winged serpent coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1182787[/ATTACH] </p><p>Caracalla. 198-217 AD. THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Æ (27mm, 11.95 gm, 6h). Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left with shield and spear. Rev: Triptolemos in flying winged-serpent drawn biga, raising right hand to spread seed from bag he holds in left; below, Gaia, holding two ears of grain, reclines left and holds up fold of garment to receive the seed. Varbanov 3589-3593. </p><p>Writes a major numismatic firm: &quot;Triptolemos was the &#039;Johnny Appleseed&#039; of the ancient Greeks; a god who gave man agriculture, by spreading seeds from a bag he carried in his flying biga. This reverse is an allegory of the function he performed by sowing Gaia, the earth goddess, with the seeds necessary for vegetation to exist.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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