This blog post summarizes the symbols depicted on a silver tetradrachm coin from Byblos in Phoenicia dating to around 315 BC during the reign of King Adramelek. The obverse of the coin depicts a hippocampus swimming below a Phoenician galley carrying three hoplites, likely referring to the sailing season in the Eastern Mediterranean. The reverse features a lion attacking a bull, which according to the blog post symbolizes the transition from summer (represented by the bull) to autumn (represented by the lion) based on ancient Eastern Mediterranean calendars that used animals to mark the seasons.
This blog post summarizes the symbols depicted on a silver tetradrachm coin from Byblos in Phoenicia dating to around 315 BC during the reign of King Adramelek. The obverse of the coin depicts a hippocampus swimming below a Phoenician galley carrying three hoplites, likely referring to the sailing season in the Eastern Mediterranean. The reverse features a lion attacking a bull, which according to the blog post symbolizes the transition from summer (represented by the bull) to autumn (represented by the lion) based on ancient Eastern Mediterranean calendars that used animals to mark the seasons.
This blog post summarizes the symbols depicted on a silver tetradrachm coin from Byblos in Phoenicia dating to around 315 BC during the reign of King Adramelek. The obverse of the coin depicts a hippocampus swimming below a Phoenician galley carrying three hoplites, likely referring to the sailing season in the Eastern Mediterranean. The reverse features a lion attacking a bull, which according to the blog post symbolizes the transition from summer (represented by the bull) to autumn (represented by the lion) based on ancient Eastern Mediterranean calendars that used animals to mark the seasons.
This blog post summarizes the symbols depicted on a silver tetradrachm coin from Byblos in Phoenicia dating to around 315 BC during the reign of King Adramelek. The obverse of the coin depicts a hippocampus swimming below a Phoenician galley carrying three hoplites, likely referring to the sailing season in the Eastern Mediterranean. The reverse features a lion attacking a bull, which according to the blog post symbolizes the transition from summer (represented by the bull) to autumn (represented by the lion) based on ancient Eastern Mediterranean calendars that used animals to mark the seasons.
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I talked about this in my posts "Trojan horse" and "Three sacrifices"...
Some people will say that the horses associated with Eastern Mediterranean sea gods are actually seahorses....
Believe or not sea horses have the same mating season in Mediterranean...Making them the equivalent animal calendar marker for the sailing season to terrestrial horses...
I talked about this in my post "Seahorse ring"...
As for the lion killing bull, according to Hesiod
"Fifty days after the solstice,
when the season of wearisome heat is come to an end,
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is the right (best) time for men to go sailing".
These are most common symbols of the seasons:
Ram (marks lambing of Eurasian wild sheep) - spring
Bull (marks calving of Eurasian wild cattle) - summer
Lion (marks mating of Eurasian lions) - autumn
Goat (marks mating of Eurasian wild goats) - winter
And on the coin, we see lion killing bull from behind...
Summer, which starts in Taurus (Apr/May) is followed by autumn, which starts in Leo (Jul/Aug)...
I talked about this in my posts "Mystery seal", "Cypriot stamp seal with cow and calf", "Angra mainyu" and many others...
So...I hope the scenes depicted on Adramelek's coin make a bit more sense now...
To read more about ancient animal and plant calendar markers, start here…then check the rest of the blog posts related to animal calendar markers I still didn't add to this page, and finally check my twitter threads I still didn't convert to blog post...I am 9 months behind now...
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Anonymous 16 November 2023 at 21:56
A thought, why calving/lambing for spring/summer markers, and mating for fall/winter? I suppose that calving marks fruiting, new life, while mating marks preparation for future. We prepare in the fall to maintain life until the following year.
