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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8316566, member: 75937&quot;]Very informative and interesting write-up, as always, [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER]. The coin of Berytos is absolutely fascinating. </p><p><br /></p><p>I, too, was puzzled by the conflation of Eros with Thanatos in the numismatic and art history literature when I wrote <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-thin-line-between-love-and-death-eros-thanatos.353644/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-thin-line-between-love-and-death-eros-thanatos.353644/">this article</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my Severan Eros who has been identified as Thanatos by many numismatic references:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-hadrianopolis-winged-genius-jpg.1054668/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Caracalla, AD 198-217.</p><p>Roman provincial AE 17.1 mm, 3.44 g, 12 h.</p><p>Thrace, Hadrianopolis, AD 198-217.</p><p>Obv: AVT K M AVP CE ANTΩNEINOC, laureate head, right.</p><p>Rev: AΔΡIANOΠOΛEITΩN, Nude Eros standing right, left leg crossed over right, leaning with right hand and left elbow on inverted lit torch.</p><p>Refs: Varbanov 3526; Jurukova, Hadrianople 390.2; <a href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/thrace/coins?id=5217" rel="nofollow">CN 5217</a>; Moushmov 2615; cf. SNG Cop 271.</p><p>Notes: Reverse die match to CN 5217 specimen (Nacionalen Arheologičeski Institut s Muzej, Sofia, no. 1566).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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