The Lost Wonder Of The Ancient World: Coin Of The Hanging Gardens Of Babylon
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The Lost Wonder of the Ancient World: Coin of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Clear Box With Story Card, Certificate.01 No Reserve AuctionThe lost wonder of the ancient world, the famed Hanging Gardens, were notlocated at Babylon , as originally thought, but at Susa, in the Biblical realmof Elam —or so some numismatists now believe. The answer to the riddlelies in the strange markings on this ancient Elymais coin.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is the only one of the original ...Seven Wonders of the Worldwhose location has not been discovered by archaeologists—possibly because they’ve been lookingin the wrong place. Legend has it that the Gardens were built by the Babylonian kingNebuchadnezzar II as a gift to his wife. The problem is, there is no primary source for any suchthing. Now, the field of numismatics offers a new hypothesis: that the Hanging Gardens weresouth and east of Babylon, at Susa, in the ancient kingdom of Elam.If there were a place where a major attraction would be built to please a queen, it would be inElam. Unique among the Greater Mesopotamian societies, the Elamites held women in highregard. Archaeological evidence suggests that Elam was once a matriarchy, and its kingsappeared to have had to descend from a favored mother in order to inherit the throne.Then there is the matter of the “pellets”—the strange dash-like markings on the reverse of thesecoins that have long puzzled historians and numismatists alike. The new theory suggests thatthe pellets are stylized versions of palm fronds, artistic renderings of the plants in the HangingGardens. This coin, then, may comprise a missing piece to a millennia-old puzzle, pointing toElam as the site of the lost Wonder of the Ancient World. Image shows typical coins for illustration Bronze drachm of ElymaisW: 2.4-3.7 g, D: 11.7-14.5 mm Obverse: Bust facing or sideways Reverse: pellets Box measures: 4 5/ 8" x 3 1/ 2" x 1/ 2"All coins in each set are protected in an archivalcapsule and beautifully displayed in a clear box. Thebox set is accompanied with a story card .If you are dissatisfied with anything you get from me return it and I will refund all your money including return postage on U.S.orders.Thanks for looking and please visit my store where you will find shipwreck coins, dictator and famous people coins, coins by country, region and type.Also there are uncirculated banknotes in assortments of 25 different, 50 different, 100 different, bulk banknotes and banknotes by country. Over 23, 000 Positive Feedbacks ANA Platinum Member # 3163853
