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Septimius Severus, 9 April 193 - 4 February 211 A.D., Antiocheia, Pisidia
A temple of Mên has been excavated at Antioch, Pisidia. Luna, the Greek moon-goddess, was female, which seems natural because the female menstrual cycle follows the lunar month. But Mên was a male moon-god, probably originally of the indigenous non-Greek Karian people. By Roman times, Mên was worshiped across Anatolia and in Attica. He was associated with fertility, healing, and punishment. Mên is usually depicted with a crescent moon behind his shoulders, wearing a Phrygian cap, and holding a lance or sword in one hand and a pine-cone or patera in the other. His other attributes include the bucranium and cock.RP69828. Bronze AE 21, Krzyzanowska III/4 (unlisted die combination); SNG BnF 1118 (same obverse die); SNG PfPs 31; SNGvA 4927; Lindgren-Kovacs 1205, gF, Antiocheia mint, weight 4.357g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, die axis 180o, 9 Apr 193 - 4 Feb 211 A.D.; obverse IMP SEP SEV PERT AVG, laureate head left; reverse ANTIOCH COLONIAE, Mên standing facing, head right, wearing Phrygian cap, left foot on bucranium. long scepter vertical in right, Nike in left, rooster left at feet behind; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; SOLD
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