Μωσαϊκό: Θεσσαλία, Μόψιον: Θεσσαλία, Μόψιον . Περίπου 350 π.χ., 20 mm. Πρόσθια ὂψη:Κεφαλὴ Διός Ὀπίσθια ὂψη:Ὁ Μόψος ὁ Λαπίθης, ἀντιμετωπίζει καὶ ἐτοιμάζε...
Θεσσαλία, Μόψιον. Περίπου 350 π.χ., 20 mm. Πρόσθια ὂψη:Κεφαλὴ Διός Ὀπίσθια ὂψη:Ὁ Μόψος ὁ Λαπίθης, ἀντιμετωπίζει καὶ ἐτοιμάζεται νὰ χτυπήσει Κένταυρο ποὺ ἐτοιμάζεται νὰ τὸν πλήξει μὲ ἓναν βράχο…
Thessaly, Mopsion. Circa 350 BC. Ζ 20mm. Laureate head of Zeus facing slightly right; thunderbolt to right / The Lapith Mopsos, standing facing & wielding club, about to strike Centaur who stands left, holding a boulder overhead.
Mopsion, a small town situated on a hill between Larissa and Tempe, was named after Mopsos, the son of Amphykos. He was gifted from Apollo with the power to understand the speech of birds, and traveled with Jason and the Argonauts as their seer. Mopsos met his death in Libya when he was bitten by a poisonous serpent that had sprung from the blood of Medusa's head.
Κατὰ τὴν ἑλληνικὴ μυθολογία ὁ Μόψος ὁ Λαπίθης ἦταν ὁ ἐπώνυμος ἢρωας τοῦ Μοψίου, μικρῆς ἀρχαίας πόλης στοὺς δυτικοὺς πρόποδες τῆς Ὂσσας… Περισσότερα γιὰ τὸν Μόψο: http://el.wikipedia.org/
Τὸ νόμισμα εἶναι ἀπὸ http://www.wildwinds.com/
Θεσσαλία, Μόψιον. Περίπου 350 π.χ., 20 mm. Πρόσθια ὂψη:Κεφαλὴ Διός Ὀπίσθια ὂψη:Ὁ Μόψος ὁ Λαπίθης, ἀντιμετωπίζει καὶ ἐτοιμάζεται νὰ χτυπήσει Κένταυρο ποὺ ἐτοιμάζεται νὰ τὸν πλήξει μὲ ἓναν βράχο…
Thessaly, Mopsion. Circa 350 BC. Ζ 20mm. Laureate head of Zeus facing slightly right; thunderbolt to right / The Lapith Mopsos, standing facing & wielding club, about to strike Centaur who stands left, holding a boulder overhead.
Mopsion, a small town situated on a hill between Larissa and Tempe, was named after Mopsos, the son of Amphykos. He was gifted from Apollo with the power to understand the speech of birds, and traveled with Jason and the Argonauts as their seer. Mopsos met his death in Libya when he was bitten by a poisonous serpent that had sprung from the blood of Medusa's head.
Κατὰ τὴν ἑλληνικὴ μυθολογία ὁ Μόψος ὁ Λαπίθης ἦταν ὁ ἐπώνυμος ἢρωας τοῦ Μοψίου, μικρῆς ἀρχαίας πόλης στοὺς δυτικοὺς πρόποδες τῆς Ὂσσας… Περισσότερα γιὰ τὸν Μόψο: http://el.wikipedia.org/
Τὸ νόμισμα εἶναι ἀπὸ http://www.wildwinds.com/
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