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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5178533, member: 57495"]Great idea for a thread! </p><p><br /></p><p>The one below is my favorite coin acquired this year. I love how the plane (<i>platanus</i>) tree which Europa is seated in fills practically the entire obverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1212082[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CRETE, Gortyna</b></p><p>AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in plane (<i>platanus orientalis?</i>) tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted.</p><p><i>Ex Matthew Curtis Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1398</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>A date palm and olive tree on the provincial below:<i></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1212091[/ATTACH]</i></p><p>TRAJAN DECIUS</p><p>AE28. 19.77g, 27.8mm. SAMARIA, Caesarea Maritima, circa AD 249-251. Kadman 154; Rosenberger 129. O: IMP C C MES Q TRA DECI[VS AVG], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: COL PR F AVG F C [CA]ES METR P, Altar of Apollo, with horns; behind, palm tree with dates on left, olive tree on right. </p><p><i>Ex NAC 59 (4 April 2011), 1420</i></p><p>Notes courtesy of CNG : Kadman (p. 262) notes: <i><i>"...it must be remembered that according to the myths of the Greeks, Apollo was born under a date-palm and an olive tree. His mother, Leto, who was known in Egypt and Palestine as Lat and in Italy as Latona, was regarded as the fertility goddess of the date-palm and the olive. We may, therefore, assume with virtual certainty, that this altar was consecrated to Apollo."</i></i></p><p><i><i><br /></i></i></p><p>And an oak tree on the reverse scene depicting one of Rome's founding myths. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1212093[/ATTACH]</i><b>ANTONINUS PIUS</b></p><p>AE As. 11.02g, 28.6mm. Rome mint, AD 140-144. RIC 733; Cohen 450. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: IMPERATOR II, Sow seated by a river under an oak tree suckling three piglets, another one before her; SC in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex Old Sable Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>"<i>And now, lest you think this sleep's idle fancy, you’ll find</i></i></p><p><i><i>a huge sow lying on the shore, under the oak trees,</i></i></p><p><i><i>that has farrowed a litter of thirty young, a white sow,</i></i></p><p><i><i>lying on the ground, with white piglets round her teats,</i></i></p><p><i><i>That place shall be your city, there’s true rest from your labours.</i>"</i></p><p>- Virgil, The Aeneid </p><p>Book VIII : 26-65 Aeneas's Dream [/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5178533, member: 57495"]Great idea for a thread! The one below is my favorite coin acquired this year. I love how the plane ([I]platanus[/I]) tree which Europa is seated in fills practically the entire obverse. [ATTACH=full]1212082[/ATTACH] [B]CRETE, Gortyna[/B] AR Stater. 11.68g, 27mm x 24.5mm. CRETE, Gortyna, circa 330-270 BC. BMC Crete pg. 38, 9, pl. IX. 8 (same rev die); SNG Cop 442; Svoronos 59. O: Europa, wearing chiton with short sleeves and peplos over lower limbs, seated right in plane ([I]platanus orientalis?[/I]) tree; right hand on tree, heading resting pensively on left arm which is bent and supported by her knee. R: Bull standing right, head reverted, right hind leg lifted. [I]Ex Matthew Curtis Collection; ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1398 [/I] A date palm and olive tree on the provincial below:[I] [ATTACH=full]1212091[/ATTACH][/I] TRAJAN DECIUS AE28. 19.77g, 27.8mm. SAMARIA, Caesarea Maritima, circa AD 249-251. Kadman 154; Rosenberger 129. O: IMP C C MES Q TRA DECI[VS AVG], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: COL PR F AVG F C [CA]ES METR P, Altar of Apollo, with horns; behind, palm tree with dates on left, olive tree on right. [I]Ex NAC 59 (4 April 2011), 1420[/I] Notes courtesy of CNG : Kadman (p. 262) notes: [I][I]"...it must be remembered that according to the myths of the Greeks, Apollo was born under a date-palm and an olive tree. His mother, Leto, who was known in Egypt and Palestine as Lat and in Italy as Latona, was regarded as the fertility goddess of the date-palm and the olive. We may, therefore, assume with virtual certainty, that this altar was consecrated to Apollo." [/I][/I] And an oak tree on the reverse scene depicting one of Rome's founding myths. [I][ATTACH=full]1212093[/ATTACH][/I][B]ANTONINUS PIUS[/B] AE As. 11.02g, 28.6mm. Rome mint, AD 140-144. RIC 733; Cohen 450. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right. R: IMPERATOR II, Sow seated by a river under an oak tree suckling three piglets, another one before her; SC in exergue. [I]Ex Old Sable Collection "[I]And now, lest you think this sleep's idle fancy, you’ll find a huge sow lying on the shore, under the oak trees, that has farrowed a litter of thirty young, a white sow, lying on the ground, with white piglets round her teats, That place shall be your city, there’s true rest from your labours.[/I]"[/I] - Virgil, The Aeneid Book VIII : 26-65 Aeneas's Dream[I] [/I][/QUOTE]
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