Triptolemos

TRIPTOLEMOS was a demi-god of the Eleusinian mysteries who presided over the sowing of grain-seed and the milling of wheat. His name means "He who Pounds the Husks."
In myth, Triptolemos was one of the Eleusinian princes who kindly received Demeter when she came mourning the loss of her daughter Persephone. The young goddess was eventually returned to her from the Underworld, and Demeter in her munificence, instructed Triptolemos in the art of agriculture, and gave him a winged chariot drawn by serpents so that he might travel the world spreading her gift. He did so, but when he came to the cold northern land of the Skythians, king Lynkos slew one of the dragons and drove him away. Deventer intervened--transforming the king into a lynx, and denying the Skythians agriculture.

Triptolemos often appears in Athenian vase painting seated in the winged chariot, surrounded by the goddesses Demeter, Persephone and Hekate. He was also shown in gatherings of the Eleusinian gods

Nero

56 - 57 A.D.
year 3 - Γ
24mm x 24mm, 13.56 g.
Obv. - Nero bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos, 1

Nero

58 - 59 A.D.
year 5 - Є
24mm x 24mm, 12.39 g.
Obv. - Nero bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos, 2

Nero

59 - 60 A.D.
year 6 - ς
24mm x 24mm, 12.39 g.
Obv. - Nero bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos, 3

Nerva

96 - 97 A.D.
year 1 - A
23mm x 23mm, 12.43 g.
Obv. - Nerva bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos

Traianus

98 - 99 A.D.
year 1 - A
23mm x 23mm, 13.62 g.
Obv. - Traianus bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos, 1

Traianus

112 - 113 A.D.
year 15 - IЄ
23mm x 23mm, 13.62 g.
Obv. - Traianus bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos, 2

Traianus

112 - 113 A.D.
year 15 - IЄ
23mm x 23mm, 13.56 g.
Obv. - Traianus bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos, 3

Hadrianus

118 - 119 A.D.
year 2 - B
22mm x 22mm, 12.64 g.
Obv. - Hadrianus bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos right with Caduceus

Hadrianus

137 - 138 A.D.
year 21 - KA
23mm x 23mm, 13.18 g.
Obv. - Hadrianus bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos

Philippus II

247 - 248 A.D.
year 4 - Δ
24mm x 24mm, 11.87 g.
Obv. - Philippus II bust right:

Rev. - Triptolemos