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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kirispupis, post: 8051029, member: 118780&quot;]I finally found some info by searching for &quot;lunus&quot;, which is another name for Mên. I also found an article about Mithra from <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mithraism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mithraism" rel="nofollow">Britannica</a>, which states that by the time Alexander conquered Persia, Mithraism was pretty much done - or at least from the ruling class (and Amastris was the niece of Darius III). This would seem to make Mithra unlikely.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, <a href="https://www.rosieanderson.net/post/men-pharnakou" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rosieanderson.net/post/men-pharnakou" rel="nofollow">this</a> article makes a much different point, essentially saying that at the time of Pharnaces, worship of Mithra was common in the area (Mithridates) and that <i>he</i> introduced the worship of Mên there. What I find even more intriguing is the image of the Pharnaces gold coin. The sun and crescent moon are almost <i>exactly</i> the same as those on my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I&#039;m less inclined to think this is Mên, but I&#039;m still not sure this is Mithra. Perhaps the sun and moon <i>referenced</i> Mithra, but the obverse was someone else (such as Amastris herself). Pharnaces did put his own image on his coins, though that was much later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m actually wondering if she was brave enough to use her own image. After all, she did literally write &quot;Queen Amastris&quot; on her coins. That was already risky.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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