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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Pergamene Kingdom| > GB71985
Pergamon, Mysia, c. 200 - 133 B.C.
|Pergamene| |Kingdom|, |Pergamon,| |Mysia,| |c.| |200| |-| |133| |B.C.|,
The sanctuary and temple of Athena Polias Nikephoros (Athena of the City, Bringer of Victory) was one of the oldest and most important religious centers in Pergamon. It stood directly behind and above the theater on the acropolis and included the famous Library of Pergamon. The propylon of the sanctuary, in the photograph on the right, is now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.Sanctuary
GB71985. Bronze AE 15, cf. SNG BnF 1910 - 1912, SNGvA 1376; SNG Cop 383 ff. var. (different monograms), SGCV II 3962 var. (monograms), VF, well centered green patina, Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) mint, weight 3.280g, maximum diameter 15.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 200 - 133 B.C.; obverse head of Athena right, wearing crested Macedonian helmet ornamented with a star; reverse facing owl with spread wings, palm branch in talons, AΘΗNAΣ above, NIKΗΦOPOY below and ΓA monogram left, uncertain monogram right; SOLD












Other coins that relate to the Book of Revelation include coins of Nero and coins of the Parthian kings with an archer reverse. Verses 13 and following are a symbolic reference to Parthians attacking Rome for its vile behavior in persecuting Christ's church. Parthians themselves aren't envisioned as doing the attacking, but the serve as a great image for the diabolical forces Revelation's author had in mind. Suetonius, in The Twelve Caesars, writes of a belief among the Romans after Nero's death that he hadn't really died but would be returning with the Parthians. Nero has been identified as the 666 of Revelation (his name in gematria equals 666). Verse 8 refers to the Parthians long hair, "They had hair like woman's hair." Verse 10 includes a subtle reference to Parthian archer-horseman and their perfected technique of the parting shots, shooting over the rear of their animal while feigning retreat, "They had tails like scorpions, with stingers." Verse 14 refers to the Parthian heartland across the Euphrates.



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