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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spargrodan, post: 7653123, member: 109905&quot;]Long time since I posted something, so time to update this thread with a coin I acquired at the beginning of the year but haven&#039;t posted so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Persephone, Kore or the roman version, Porsepina is not one of the great 12 but the daughter of two of them, Zeus and Demeter and wife to a third, Hades. She was an important deity, maybe most known from the story where Hades abducted her to the underworld.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the second acquisition for my greek pantheon collection. I prefer quality over quantity and have been super picky, it’s hard to find coins to fit as I try to stick to a budget and don’t want to pay too much. I was very happy to find this gem in super condition and it didn&#039;t cost me an arm. It&#039;s also very rare according to HGCS but I think that&#039;s rather common than not when it comes to ancient greek coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>HGCS 2 1442 (R2)</i></p><p><i>Date: c. 343-332 BC or 334-317 BC</i></p><p><i>Weight: 11.24 g</i></p><p><i>Mint: Syracuse</i></p><p><i>Obverse: ΣYΡAKOΣIΩN. Head of Persephone l., wreathed with grain.</i></p><p><i>Reverse: Pegasos flying l. Mint mark Σ below.</i></p><p><i>Struck under Timoleon or the Third Democracy</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1315748[/ATTACH]</p><p>Please feel free to post Persephone related coins or anything that fits into the Greek Pantheon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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