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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8098056, member: 87809&quot;]It was used by Horace (Q.Horatii Flacci) in Carmina Hor. c.1,11, in the poem &quot;To Leuconoe: Carpe diem&quot; and the phrase is usually attributed to him, although I understand that about the carpe diem teaching has been written before Horace,&nbsp; by the Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>The poem is dedicated to Leuconoe,&nbsp; the white tree nymph. Don&#039;t know if there are coins with this nymph, that would be nice. Will share a coin of a different nymph, Histiaia, not a goddess but a personifications of nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins were minted for very long time, nearly 200 years, which is why they are so plentiful and cheap, and for some reason this type is a particularly popular one to fake, most fakes coming from Bulgaria. </p><p><br /></p><p>AR Tetrobol, Roman military mint in Macedonia c. 168 BC (?)</p><p>13.5 mm, 2.03 g</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 517.1; BMC 99;</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: Head of nymph Histiaia right, wearing necklace, vine-wreath</p><p>Rev.: (IΣTIAI) / EΩN, Nymph Histiaia seated on stern of galley decorated with wing, holding stylis</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1407846[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1407847[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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