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Coins Depicting Noah and the Biblical Flood Narrative

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Babylonian Flood story from the Epic of Gilgamesh Epic (Gilgamesh ruled Uruk ca. 2600 B.C.)
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ARMENIEN. Tigranes IV., 10 - 5 AD AE 18mm Chalkos 3.82g. Jugate busts of Tigranes IV and wife. Mount Ararat, the resting place of Noah's ark. Nercessian 122; Kovacs 2008 (Author's collection)
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Mt Ararat in Armenia (pictured on coins above)
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PHRYGIA, Apamea. Septimius Severus 193-211 A.D. Æ 35mm 16.97g Noah and wife in arc (right); Noah and wife on dry land post-flood with dove above (left)(image courtesy of Roma Numismatics)
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PHRYGIA, Apamea. Gordian III. 238-244 A.D. Æ 39mm 27.51g. Noah and wife in arc (right); Noah and wife on dry land post-flood with dove above (left) SNG von Aulock 8347 (image courtesy of CNG/Triton V)
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PHRYGIA, Apamea. Philip I 244-249 A.D. Æ 35mm 20.46g. Noah and wife in arc (right); Noah and wife on dry land post-flood with dove above (left) (image courtesy of Gemini)