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 .
The lost wonder of the ancient world, the famed Hanging Gardens, were not located at Babylon , as originally tho ught, but at Susa, in the Biblical realm of Elam —or so some numismatists now believe . T
he answer to the riddle lies 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 World whose location has not been discovered by archaeologists—possibly because they’ve been looking in the wrong place. Legend has it that the Gardens were built by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II as a gift to his wife. The problem is, there is no primary source for any such thing.
Now, the field of numismatics offers a new hypothesis: that the Hanging Gardens were south 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 in Elam. Unique among the Greater Mesopotamian societies, the Elamites held women in high regard.
Archaeological evidence suggests that Elam was once a matriarchy, and its kings appeared 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 these coins that have long puzzled historians and numismatists alike. The new theory suggests that the pellets are stylized versions of palm fronds, artistic renderings of the plants in the Hanging Gardens. This coin, then, may comprise a missing piece to a millennia-old puzzle,
pointing to Elam as the site of the lost Wonder of the Ancient World.
Image shows typical coins for illustration
Bronze drachm of Elymais W: 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 archival capsule and beautifully displayed in a clear box. The box set is accompanied with a story card .
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