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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 5957099, member: 74834"]A very interesting story, of which I didn't know anything! </p><p><br /></p><p>I only know this form of a lectisternium - it must be the variant where it is thought unseemly for women to lie at a table, for this is the goddess Tyche. For me, it looks as if the goddess is leisurely rowing in a coffin, but I'm sure that's not the right interpretation. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243880[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Tetradrachm Gordian III (238-244), Alexandria. Dated RY Z (7, = 244). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Tyche reclining left on lectisternium (couch), holding rudder, resting elbow on pillow and leaning head backwards on hand. 22 mm, 13.89 gr.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 5957099, member: 74834"]A very interesting story, of which I didn't know anything! I only know this form of a lectisternium - it must be the variant where it is thought unseemly for women to lie at a table, for this is the goddess Tyche. For me, it looks as if the goddess is leisurely rowing in a coffin, but I'm sure that's not the right interpretation. [ATTACH=full]1243880[/ATTACH] Tetradrachm Gordian III (238-244), Alexandria. Dated RY Z (7, = 244). Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev. Tyche reclining left on lectisternium (couch), holding rudder, resting elbow on pillow and leaning head backwards on hand. 22 mm, 13.89 gr.[/QUOTE]
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