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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6453630, member: 99456"][USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], thank you for an informative write-up and congratulations on an appealing coin with stunning provenance:</p><p>Dattari>Robert L. Grover>Art Institute of Chicago>zumbly>Curtisimo is an impressive path to have documented. Here is my favorite Elpis (Spes/Elpis in general a type that I am often attracted too):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257225[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Egypt, Alexandria, Salonina</b>, Augusta & wife of Gallienus, AD 254-268, Tetradrachm, dated RY 15 (AD 267/8)</p><p><b>Obv:</b> KOPNЄΛΙΑ CAΛωNЄINA CЄB, draped bust right, wearing stephane</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Elpis advancing left, holding flower and hem of skirt; palm frond before, IЄ/L (date) to right.</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Dattari (Savio) 5334</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found the question about Elpis interesting: Is "hope" an evil (false expectation) or a good (motivating optimism)? Does it remain in the box for mankind or hidden from mankind? I will add a reference from my notes on Elpis, "<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/hope-by-any-other-name" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/hope-by-any-other-name" rel="nofollow">Hope by any other name..</a>.": Erasmus of Rotterdam (AD 1456-1536) is most often cited as the source of the mistranslated Greek <i><b>πίθος </b></i>to Latin <i><b>pyxis</b></i> (“small box”). In his <i>Adagiorum chiliades tres</i>, first edition, 1508, he twice references pyxis in place of pithos. "Ita ut fuit <b>pyxis</b> illa fallax, per Pandoram a Iove Prometheo missa"(<a href="https://archive.org/details/ErasmusAdages0-985Tome1BellesLettresEtLeGracJ-cSaladinEditeur/page/n281/mode/2up?q=pyxis+" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/ErasmusAdages0-985Tome1BellesLettresEtLeGracJ-cSaladinEditeur/page/n281/mode/2up?q=pyxis+" rel="nofollow">*</a>)...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6453630, member: 99456"][USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER], thank you for an informative write-up and congratulations on an appealing coin with stunning provenance: Dattari>Robert L. Grover>Art Institute of Chicago>zumbly>Curtisimo is an impressive path to have documented. Here is my favorite Elpis (Spes/Elpis in general a type that I am often attracted too): [ATTACH=full]1257225[/ATTACH] [B]Egypt, Alexandria, Salonina[/B], Augusta & wife of Gallienus, AD 254-268, Tetradrachm, dated RY 15 (AD 267/8) [B]Obv:[/B] KOPNЄΛΙΑ CAΛωNЄINA CЄB, draped bust right, wearing stephane [B]Rev:[/B] Elpis advancing left, holding flower and hem of skirt; palm frond before, IЄ/L (date) to right. [B]Ref: [/B]Dattari (Savio) 5334 I also found the question about Elpis interesting: Is "hope" an evil (false expectation) or a good (motivating optimism)? Does it remain in the box for mankind or hidden from mankind? I will add a reference from my notes on Elpis, "[URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/hope-by-any-other-name']Hope by any other name..[/URL].": Erasmus of Rotterdam (AD 1456-1536) is most often cited as the source of the mistranslated Greek [I][B]πίθος [/B][/I]to Latin [I][B]pyxis[/B][/I] (“small box”). In his [I]Adagiorum chiliades tres[/I], first edition, 1508, he twice references pyxis in place of pithos. "Ita ut fuit [B]pyxis[/B] illa fallax, per Pandoram a Iove Prometheo missa"([URL='https://archive.org/details/ErasmusAdages0-985Tome1BellesLettresEtLeGracJ-cSaladinEditeur/page/n281/mode/2up?q=pyxis+']*[/URL])...[/QUOTE]
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