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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryan McVay, post: 8049259, member: 117904&quot;]I&#039;ve been looking for examples of Mên since my Elagablus AE coins aren&#039;t showing up at action that much these days.</p><p>I recently picked up a nice portrait coin of Mên- Gordian III. The coin is chipped as you can see.</p><p>But darn it, that is a nice style bust portrait and you can see the stars on the Phrygian Cap (oops sorry it is NOT a Phrygian Cap) just a Parthian warrior cap. I would challenge anyone to show me a Phrygian wearing a <b>hat </b>like this!&nbsp; Scythians, Sarmatians Thracians, Dacians, Persians, yes. Phrygians, no. Helmets, yes...Hats, no.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1393673[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1393669[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://wiki2.org/en/Parthian_Empire#/media/File:ParthianInChains.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wiki2.org/en/Parthian_Empire#/media/File:ParthianInChains.jpg" rel="nofollow">ParthianInChains - Parthian Empire — Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got a few other coins that are supposed to be here soon..waiting on FedEx updates..starting to get worried but one has Mên holding a pine cone. From what I&#039;ve read the pine cone is associated with Attis- god of agriculture (dying and resurrection). &quot;The evergreen and erect pine which cloaks Mediterranean mountainsides had an important phallic meaning to these seemingly related religious mystery cults.&quot; (&quot;Sabazios and the Phrygian mood-god &#039;Men&#039;&quot;, The Atlantic Religion: A &#039;Princa Theologia&#039; of European Paganism, Aug, 2013.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there are the Antioch, Pisidia Mên with a rooster/cock coins. Mên facing left and right. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1393700[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So what do your coins of Mên look like?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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