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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 635975, member: 5833&quot;]The difficulty is in distinguishing Persephone/Poeserpina/Kore from the nymph Arethusa.&nbsp; The coins of Syracuse inspired many of the engraved gems.&nbsp; Scroll down past the history, there&#039;s an explanation about the coin:</p><p><a href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-greek-coins-agathokles-victory/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-greek-coins-agathokles-victory/" rel="nofollow">https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/ancient-greek-coins-agathokles-victory/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Agathokles_tet1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Persephone is young, so generally not veiled, hair may be down, as on the coin, she is typically wearing jewellery.&nbsp; When wreathed with grain, it is often just the leafy stalks, or with a newly developing ear.&nbsp; Arethusa does not have grain, does often have dolphins around her, from some other coins.&nbsp; And, of course, if you see a girl being carried off by an old dude with a bident, that&#039;s her, being abducted by Hades.</p><p><br /></p><p>See also:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/317D370F-2AB3-43AB-A1FB-9525DD0EA09F" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/317D370F-2AB3-43AB-A1FB-9525DD0EA09F" rel="nofollow">http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/317D370F-2AB3-43AB-A1FB-9525DD0EA09F</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Some of my cameos with diadems are definitely Aphrodite/Venus.&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Any goddess may have a diadem, it&#039;s standard goddess wear.&nbsp; Aphrodite&#039;s principal identifying feature (attribute) is her nudity.&nbsp; She is often shown with only a thin veil of fabric covering her lap.&nbsp; Cupid (or cupids) &amp; doves also go with her.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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