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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Pamphylia| > |Side| > RP88899
Philip I the Arab, February 244 - End of September 249 A.D., Side, Pamphylia
|Side|, |Philip| |I| |the| |Arab,| |February| |244| |-| |End| |of| |September| |249| |A.D.,| |Side,| |Pamphylia|, Athena, in addition to being the Greek goddess of Wisdom, is goddess of many things, among them law and justice. In Aeschylus’ tragedy "The Eumenides." Orestes is pursued to Athens by the vengeful Erinyes for the murder of his mother, Clytemnestra. Athena intervenes and sets up a jury of twelve Athenians to judge Orestes. Athena herself presides over the trial, instructing her citizens to watch and learn how a trial should be conducted. Apollo speaks on behalf of Orestes, while the Erinyes act as advocates for the dead Clytemnestra. The vote is a tie, but Athena persuades the Erinyes to accept her own decision in favor of Orestes as the casting vote.
RP88899. Bronze pentassarion, SNG BnF 864 (same dies); BMC Lycia, p. 157, 95 var. (obv. leg.); Lindgren 1167 var. (same); SNG Cop -; SNGvA -; SNG Mün -; SNG Leypold -, Wadd -, F, well centered, porous, Side (near Selimiye, Antalya Province, Turkey) mint, weight 8.878g, maximum diameter 23.3mm, die axis 30o, Feb 244 - End Sep 249 A.D.; obverse AV-T K M IOYΛ ΦIΛIΠΠON, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse CIΔHTΩN, Athena standing left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet and long chiton, holding palm frond cradled in left arm, dropping pebble with right hand into voting urn to left; very rare; SOLD











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