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Etruscan Hemidrachm
- 5 units (silver coin replica) 4th century BC
One-sided coin.
OBV: Bearded head of the
highest Etruscan God – Tinia.
From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia:
In Etruscan
mythology, Tinia or Tina was the highest god of the
skies, husband to Thalna
or Uni.
He was part of the powerful triumvirate
of gods, including Menrva
and Uni. He
was associated with lightning, spears and scepters. In Etruscan, tin-
means "day." With Uni,
he was the father of Hercle.
Tinia was the equivalent
of the Roman
Jupiter
and the Greek
Zeus. |