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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2456003, member: 57495&quot;]I really like these affordable Greek bronzes.&nbsp; The 8-rayed star on yours is really nice!&nbsp; My Uranopolis...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]513918[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some think that the rayed star was used as the royal symbol of the Argead dynasty (Alexander the Great&#039;s family), but I believe there&#039;s no consensus.&nbsp; It&#039;s a common enough symbol in Greek art, and the 8-rayed ones seem particularly so on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s one from Thymbra, Troas, circa 4th century BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]513919[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>TROAS, Thymbra</b></p><p>Circa 4th century BC. AE17. 5.0g, 16.9mm. SNG von Aulock 158; BMC Troas pg. 89, 4. O: Head of Zeus Ammon left.&nbsp; R: ΘΥ, star of eight rays; HP monogram below.</p><p><br /></p><p>And another one from Pontos, Amisos.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]513920[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PONTOS, Amisos</b></p><p>Circa late 2nd century BC. AE18. 6.0g, 18mm. cf. SNG BM Black Sea 981f; cf. SNG Stancomb 640. O: Rose bud.&nbsp; R: Eight-rayed Star.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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