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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6455057, member: 83845"]Thanks [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ! Anytime is a good time to show such a fabulous coin from your impressive collection of empresses. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] . I like your Aelius example. I’m sure that is an impressive hunk of metal in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All great coins [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] ! Thanks for sharing!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks John! I also only had a vague understanding of the myth until I started to read into it more. It seems that a lot of the early Greek myths involved Zeus and jars of things separated between good and bad. There is even a mention in the Illiad of Zeus having two jars and dispensing good and evil to mortals whenever he felt like it (note to self - stay clear of Zeus until after his morning coffee). From what I can tell the good are always separated from the bad in the jars which makes the Hesiod version read much differently than I originally thought it did. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coin and a very ironic addition to the thread. Thanks for sharing. Might as well share my Geta too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257397[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The skirt hold certainly makes this one tricky! I probably would have thought Spes at first as well. Thanks for sharing, my friend. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 6455057, member: 83845"]Thanks [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ! Anytime is a good time to show such a fabulous coin from your impressive collection of empresses. :) Thanks [USER=79017]@Andres2[/USER] . I like your Aelius example. I’m sure that is an impressive hunk of metal in hand. All great coins [USER=15481]@svessien[/USER] ! Thanks for sharing! Thanks John! I also only had a vague understanding of the myth until I started to read into it more. It seems that a lot of the early Greek myths involved Zeus and jars of things separated between good and bad. There is even a mention in the Illiad of Zeus having two jars and dispensing good and evil to mortals whenever he felt like it (note to self - stay clear of Zeus until after his morning coffee). From what I can tell the good are always separated from the bad in the jars which makes the Hesiod version read much differently than I originally thought it did. Nice coin and a very ironic addition to the thread. Thanks for sharing. Might as well share my Geta too :) [ATTACH=full]1257397[/ATTACH] The skirt hold certainly makes this one tricky! I probably would have thought Spes at first as well. Thanks for sharing, my friend. :)[/QUOTE]
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