Coins Depicting Noah and the Biblical Flood Narrative
Babylonian Flood story from the Epic of Gilgamesh Epic (Gilgamesh ruled Uruk ca. 2600 B.C.)
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)
Mt Ararat in Armenia (pictured on coins above)
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)
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)
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)