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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3444263, member: 56859&quot;]Wow, Demeter sounds cruel and rather careless of mortals and Triptolemos sounds co-dependent <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A fun typo <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]914520[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m fond of&nbsp; provincials featuring Triptolemos.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular chariot looks very slow.&nbsp; Must&#039;ve taken him forever to sow a field with these stoner serpents.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/trajantriptolemosdrachm-rt-jpg.867386/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan</b></p><p>AE drachm, 33.5 mm, 22.09 g</p><p>Uncertain regnal year</p><p>Obv: [AYT] TPAIANCE BΓEPM∆AKIK; Laureate bust of Trajan to right</p><p>Rev: Triptolemos in a chariot drawn right by two winged Agathodaemon serpents</p><p>Ref: Emmett 601; RPC III 4336.4</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_eb5de0f5c39945c49139b9f767f971c7%7Emv2.jpg&amp;hash=0027d509b88ac08adda9397d1582ac83" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple more Alexandrians.&nbsp; These crews look like they could get the job done faster.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_52f0962d57074e31b2e08620eaf7f924%257Emv2.jpg%26hash%3Daff577dcf1d2b0f4a414f3a0fa319dab&amp;hash=e94f726a37c765041053e398bdfba7c4" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius</b></p><p>year 14, CE 150/1</p><p>AE drachm, 34 mm, 28.8 gm</p><p>Obv: Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius left</p><p>Rev: Triptolemos driving biga of winged serpents right; L IΔ above</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1683.14</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/faustinaiidrachm-triptolemos-rt-jpg.900913/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Faustina II</b></p><p>Regnal year 14 of Antoninus Pius (150/1 CE)</p><p>AE drachm, 33 mm, 18.2 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust right</p><p>Rev: Triptolemos, wearing an elephant head cap and chlamys, driving a biga of winged serpents right; LIΔ above</p><p>Ref: Emmett 2004.14; Dattari 3926</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here his transportation looks more like a wheelchair (and wouldn&#039;t that be a wonderful Halloween costume for a paraplegic? )</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/atticaeleusistriptolemosmed-jpg.361295/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ATTICA, Eleusis</b></p><p>Eleusinian festival coinage</p><p>340-335 BC</p><p>AE16</p><p>Obv: Triptolemos, seated left in a winged chariot drawn by two snakes</p><p>Rev: Pig standing right on mystic staff, bucranium below</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 415</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]914523[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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