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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7932336, member: 57495&quot;]Great thread and interesting coin, [USER=110226]@robinjojo[/USER].&nbsp; One of my favorite Roman provincials features Persephone&#039;s abduction by Hades.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371706[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PHRYGIA, Hierapolis. Pseudo-autonomous civic issue</b></p><p>AE29. 12.36g, 29.1mm. PHRYGIA, Hierapolis, circa AD 2nd-3rd centuries. RPC Online 2045; SNG Cop 428. O: IЄPAΠOΛЄI-TΩN, head of youthful Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath. R: The Abduction of Persephone: Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying off struggling Persephone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The depiction is similar to a mural found in a royal Macedonian tomb, which some believe painted by Nicomachus of Thebes between 360-330 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1371710[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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