Green Mantle (Caria mantinea), family Riodinidae, Satipo, Peru

Told the seller that this one would be a fun ID challenge, so I got it for free. It is, of course, ID’d now 😁

Roman Province - Caria

AE22 - 5.51g

Claudius 41-54 AD

Cidrama Mint

Obverse ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΣ

Head of Claudius right, laureate

Reverse ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝ CΕΛΕΥΚΟΥ ΚΙΔΡΑΜΗΝΩΝ

Horse trotting right

Late Roman stone mosaic from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, Caria (modern Bodrum, Turkey), dated 4th century AD, now in the British Museum. A coloured laurel wreath encloses a Greek inscription with the following words:

ΥΓΙΑ "Health" ΖΟΗ "Life" ΧΑΡΑ "Joy" ΕΙΡΗΝΗ "Peace" ΕΥΘΥΜΙΑ "Happiness" ΕΛΠΙϹ "Hope"

Was running around Caria Manor earlier and came across something I don't think I've ever noticed before - in one of the rooms there's an albinauric muttering to himself. This is what I can make out:

"O Stars, O Night, O..."

"We speak to those who forsake us... We wish for your forgiveness..."

It’s very obviously different in physical architecture than any of the original Hornsent towns/cities and the Tower itself. But where it’s built so close to the Scadutree, and more importantly how it hides the path to the Shaman Village and the path down the Recluse river to the Abyssal Woods, makes me think it must have been built at some point before the crusades began. The beheaded Marika statues inside imply at least that the Keep existed when the Crusade began at minimum, before anyone realised that Marika had veiled the land and made it impossible for them to return to the Lands Between without outside influence.

Ranni and Iji sounding Welsh makes me headcanon that the Carian accent in general is Welsh. I’d love to hear Radahn’s singing voice.

Godrick and Godfrey sound very West Country and it makes me hope that Godwyn sounded like a farmer.

Carter: Mature. Got it.

*Later, on a date*

Zia: So what do you like to do for fun?