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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PeteB, post: 7930129, member: 99412&quot;]So, who was Prosperina? Here is an excerpt from the Wikipedia link:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Just as Persephone was thought to be a daughter of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demeter" rel="nofollow">Demeter</a>, Romans made Proserpina a daughter of Demeter&#039;s Roman equivalent, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">Ceres</a>. Like Persephone, Proserpina is associated with the underworld realm and its ruler; and along with her mother Ceres, with the springtime growth of crops and the cycle of life, death and rebirth or renewal. Her name is a Latinisation of &quot;Persephone&quot;, perhaps influenced by the Latin <i>proserpere</i> (&quot;to emerge, to creep forth&quot;), with reference to the growing of grain.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now we go to Pluto/Ploutos:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are depictions of youthful Pluto/Ploutos:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371054[/ATTACH]</p><p>Commodus. 177-192 AD. Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior, Æ 21; 5.9 gm; 6h. Obv: ΑΥ Κ Λ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜΟΔΟC; His laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: ΜΑΡΚΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΙΕΤΩΝ; Tyche/Demeter/ Euposia standing facing, head left, wearing kalathos, holding rudder and cornucopia, with infant Ploutos - Pluto seated in the curve of the cornucopia, raising his left hand toward an ear of corn hanging from the cornucopia or to Euposia. This coin is listed in several sources, none of which describe Plutos&#039; presence, such as RPC IV online (Temp) #4320. Varbanov__. References to Varbanov 709 are incorrect. That coin does not include Ploutos/Pluto. A fine larger depiction of Ploutos/Pluto on the cornucopia is at the coin below</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371055[/ATTACH]</p><p>Phrygia, Laodikea/Laodicea ad Lycum. Pseudo-autonomous.</p><p>Time of Antoninus Pius; 138-161 AD. Struck c. 139-147 AD. Æ17 mm; 2.75 gm; 6h. Aelius Dionysius Sabinianus, [Αιλιοσ Διονυσιοσ Cαβινιανοσ] Magistrate. Obv: Bust of Helios r., radiate, wearing chlamys; border of dots. Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙ ΔΙΟΝΥ. Cornucopiae containing corn and fruit, on the bend of the horn sits infant Ploutos, his r. hand raised toward a hanging ear of corn; border of dots. BMC 98 [M.J. Borrell 1845]. Pl. XXXV 8. SNG Cop. 535; F. Imhoof-Blumer, MG 403, no. 116, pl. G, no. 27</p><p><br /></p><p>And now we come to another question: Who is Euposia as mentioned under the first coin above? Our resident, true expert on mythology,Jochen, addressed this at the CoinTalk link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eubosia.329222/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eubosia.329222/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/eubosia.329222/</a></p><p>Jochen equates her to Demeter.</p><p>Your heads must be spinning by now, trying to keep track of who is who. Mine is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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