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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4007047, member: 93702&quot;]Excellent post ... here is my Diadumenian featuring Eros/Thanatos:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1054784[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Diadumenian</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>City/Mint</b> Markianopolis</p><p><b>Size (mm)</b> 16</p><p><b>Weight (g)</b> 2.99</p><p><b>Ob. Leg.</b> M OPELLIOC ANTWNINOC</p><p><b>Meaning</b> Marcus Opellius Antonius</p><p><b>Ob. Desc.</b> Bare headed and draped bust of Diadumenian, right</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rev. Leg.</b> MARKIANO-POLEITWN</p><p><b>Meaning</b> (Coin) of the people of Markianopolis – A prince crowned by the gods</p><p><b>Rev. Desc.</b> Eros/Thanatos standing left, resting chin on palm, leaning on (extinguished) inverted brand</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a paragraph I had gathered while attributing the coin some time ago:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Eros was worshiped as a fertility god and associated with love and sexual desire. Sometimes thought of as Thanatos, ‘god of death’, due to his association with the concept of life after death. The symbolism here, of the extinguished torch, may represent joy after sexual fulfilment, or hope for life after death.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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