Chapter 2115: Holy Brother and Sister Gold Coin

The exploration continues, new discoveries one after another, surprises of all sizes are also constantly appearing, making everyone a little overwhelmed.
These discoveries and surprises are diverse. They are either ancient statues and fragments, shipwrecks, other antique works of art, and rusty ancient weapons.
Because of the appearance of these antique cultural relics, the sensation caused by the exploration of the ancient Roman shipwreck treasure is rapidly expanding.
More and more eyes looked at this sea area, at this sunken treasure that has slept deep under the sea for a year or two, at the two small aurora submarines that are exploring the treasure, and Ye Tian.
There are many coveted gazes, and the guy whose eyes are blood-red with jealousy.
For these, Ye Tian had expected it, and he didn't care at all.
At this time, he is focusing on exploring this huge ancient Roman shipwreck treasure. This is the most important thing.
As for other things, let’s see what happens, in short, don’t want to take advantage of Lao Tzu!
While they were talking, Ye Tian and their small submarine dived another half a meter, suspended above a piece of sand.
Immediately afterwards, a mechanical gripper suddenly emerged from the abdomen of the submarine, deeply inserted into the piece of sand directly below, grabbed, or dig out a gold coin from the depths of the sand, and then raised it to the transparent cockpit.
At Ye Tian's gesture, Waiters used another mechanical arm to gently scrape off the sand attached to the gold coin, revealing the true face of the gold coin.
This is an ancient gold coin with an irregular round shape. Although it has slept deep in the bottom of the sea for a thousand years, it still emits a dazzling light once illuminated by the light.
On the front of this gold coin, there are two superimposed portraits of people, a man and a woman, which can be clearly seen from the outline of their faces.
To be precise, this should be the head of a certain king and queen, and the crowns worn on their heads are sufficient to explain their identity.
Just above the two superimposed portraits, a small line of ancient Greek, or a word, is engraved with legible writing.
On the back of this gold coin, there are also two superimposed heads of people, a man and a woman, and the heads of a king and queen. These two people seem to be older.
Just like the front of the gold coin, on the two superimposed figures, there is also a small line of ancient Greek, or a word, which is different from the word on the front.
Regardless of the front and back, the craftsmanship of this ancient gold coin is excellent, and the depiction of the characters is extremely detailed and lifelike, which can be called a good work of art.
At the first glance at this ancient gold coin, Ye Tian's face flashed an appropriate color of surprise.
Not only him, but also the experts and scholars in the exploration fleet on the sea, as well as many experts and scholars on the live broadcast side, everyone was pleasantly surprised.
Of course, some people who know the goods have reddened eyes, and the jealous are going crazy.
After carefully admiring the front and back of this ancient gold coin, Ye Tian gave his own identification conclusion in a very excited tone.
"This is an antique gold coin of the Hellenistic era. It was cast between 282 BC and 246 BC. It was one of the three dynasties of the Hellenistic era, the Ptolemaic dynasty.
To be precise, this is a gold coin made during the reign of Ptolemy II. It is also one of the famous "Holy Brothers and Sisters" series of gold coins in the Ptolemy dynasty. It is an invaluable treasure in the field of antique coin collection.
This antique gold coin, called the Ptolemy II 8 drachma gold coin, weighs about 27.73 carats. The purity of the gold coin is not bad, and the craftsmanship is excellent, and it can be called a work of art.
With the appearance of this antique gold coin, we can be sure that the sinking time of these ancient shipwrecks that sank deep under the sea must be in the Hellenistic era and beyond, not in ancient Greece"
Listening to Ye Tian's analysis, both the experts and scholars in the exploration fleet and the many professionals on the live broadcast side nodded, and no one raised any objections.
The most direct evidence is in front of everyone, who can question it? Isn't that embarrassing for yourself!
After a short pause, Ye Tian continued:
"Going back to this antique gold coin, the front of this gold coin is engraved with the superimposed heads of Ptolemy II and Queen Arcinoy II. The Greek text on it means'brother and sister'.
On the back of this antique gold coin, there are superimposed heads of Ptolemy I and Queen Bellenessi I. The ancient Greek word on the heads means ‘sacred’.
Unlike other antique coins, this Ptolemy II 8 drachma gold coin has superimposed portraits of the first two kings and queens of the Ptolemy dynasty on the front and back sides.
This kind of antique gold coin is very rare, and this is one of the reasons why it is so precious, and behind this antique gold coin, there is also a very important history hidden.
Everyone has seen that the front and back of this antique gold coin are engraved with the ancient Greek words ‘brother and sister’ and ‘sacred’, so this antique gold coin is also called the ‘sacred brother and sister’ gold coin.
The "Holy Brothers and Sisters" series of gold coins are unique to the Ptolemaic dynasty. This is the only one with no semicolon. This name faithfully reflects the special relationship between the figures on the gold coins.
To put it simply, Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II were close relatives with their respective queens, and they were very close cousins, so they were called sacred brothers and sisters.
This kind of intermarriage of close relatives, or even chaotic Lun, brought a very famous genetic disease to the Ptolemaic royal family, protruding eyes and stout necks.
If you carefully observe this antique gold coin and other Ptolemaic ‘sacred brothers and sisters’ gold coins, you can see some clues, which are a true reflection of Greek history.
Because of this, the antique gold coin of the Ptolemy dynasty’s ‘sacred brothers and sisters’ is very precious and hard to find. It is very lucky to be able to find this antique gold coin today."
While Ye Tian explained, Waiters manipulated the mechanical gripper to present every angle of the ‘Holy Brother and Sister’ antique gold coin in front of the high-definition underwater camera lens and in front of everyone.
Listening to this professional and wonderful explanation, looking at this dazzling antique gold coin, everyone feels dazzled, and everyone secretly admires it.
"Wow! This guy Steven is too exaggerated. It seems that there is no thing he doesn't know, no antique art he doesn't know. No wonder this guy can find so many treasures! Isn't it true?"
"If it weren't for Steven's professional explanation, even if this antique gold coin was placed in front of me, I would never believe that such a beautiful gold coin actually came from the Hellenistic era more than 2,200 years ago!"
After the explanation, Ye Tian asked Waiters to put away the Ptolemy II 8 drachma gold coin and put it in a storage box outside the submarine.
Immediately after that, the small submarine slowly sailed forward and continued to explore.
Just about one meter ahead, the sound of a metal detector sounded again in the cockpit. Although it was a bit harsh, it was very touching and natural in everyone's ears.
Ye Tian looked at the signal displayed on the LCD screen in front of him, as well as the three-dimensional scan image, then said with a chuckle:
"Guys, it seems that we have found another batch of antique gold and silver coins, deep in the sand directly below the submarine, and there are a lot of them, and there must be some top-notch items that are priceless.
However, we don’t have to grab this time, just make a mark. After we have explored the general situation of the sunken treasure, we will clean up these antique gold coins when we start the salvage operation."
"Understood, Steven"
Charlie and Waiters responded in unison and quickly marked them.
Immediately afterwards, the seven-seater Aurora small submarine was ready to move forward again and continue to explore this huge sunken treasure.
At this moment, Matisse's excited voice suddenly came from the intercom system.
"Steven, we found another shipwreck, and many ancient weapons were scanned near this shipwreck, some of which looked like Roman daggers.
This is slightly different from the hull wreck found earlier. Although you can’t see what the difference between the two means, I believe you will find something.

Upon hearing the announcement, Ye Tian immediately smiled and said:
"Good job, Matisse, send me all the three-dimensional images you scanned, let me analyze it and see if I can find anything different."
At the next moment, Matisse sent the scanned ship wreck and images of many ancient weapons all at once.
Ye Tian looked at these images carefully, pondered a little, and then gave the answer.
"I can say with certainty that this is a very important discovery, Matisse, the hull wreck and ancient weapons you found ~EbookFREE.me~ may be able to explain the origin of this sunken treasure.
You found that the wreckage of the hull should be a battleship from the Roman Empire. The metal horns on the bow and the distinctive Roman daggers are the most direct evidence.
In the Hellenistic era, the Roman dagger was the standard equipment for soldiers of the Roman Empire, and the metal horn on the bow, from its shape, was also the most commonly used metal horn on the Roman Empire warship.
The hull wreck found earlier looks more like a Greek warship from the Hellenistic era. The ancient Greek war dolphin you first discovered is the most powerful proof.
Although these two ancient warships are very similar, they are still different in some local details. From this, it can be inferred that an epic battle at sea has already appeared before my eyes! "
Hearing this, everyone's eyes suddenly became brighter, and everyone's eyes were full of expectation and excitement.
Next, through the mouth of Ye Tianzhi, more than two thousand years ago, a terrifying battle that took place in the Ionian Sea began slowly!