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KarenHolcomb
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KarenHolcomb reacted to coinsbygary in Allegories in Numismatic Art
Thank you! If you liked "Inspirational ladies" you'll like "The Use of seated Imagery in Numismatics" and in particular the coin in this link https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/wcm/coinview.aspx?sc=304969 In this set I trace the use of seated images on coinage from ancient times to more modern uses of those ancient images. From there, I trace the deities of ancient Greece and Rome during Europe's colonialism of the world. Coins adapted to the regions they circulated effectively spread western philosophy and thinking across the globe. Enjoy!
Gary
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KarenHolcomb reacted to Kohaku in Allegories in Numismatic Art
Gary,
Your Seated Imagery set is indeed very fab - I have perused that set before, including that denarius. For anyone else interested, I highly recommend it!
Although I don't specialize that type in my Roman Empire collection, I went through and counted how many different "seated deity" coins that I had, just to get an idea of how popular that seated deity motif was for ancient Roman coinage. I counted a total of 21 (almost 10% of my collection), representing 11 different gods: Allat, Athena, Concordia, Cybele, Fides, Fortuna, Pudicitia, Roman, Salus, Venus, Zeus, with Roma the most popular. No wonder this beautiful motif endured to modern times.
Your sets are great keep it up!
