Show your gorgoneion

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  1. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    ARABIA, Decapolis. Petra. Hadrian Æ 28 Tyche
    Reference.
    RPC III, 4099; Spijkerman 2; Sofaer pl. 155,3; BMC 1

    Issue Petra metropolis 851 P Hadrian RPC4099.jpg

    Obv. ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΩΡ ΚΑΙСΑΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟС ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ СƐΒΑϹΤΟС
    Laureate and cuirassed bust (with gorgoneion) of Hadrian, r.

    Rev. ΠƐΤΡΑ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙС
    Turreted and veiled Tyche seated l. on rock, l., her r. hand extended, holding trophy in l.

    12.56 gr
    28 mm

    Note.
    The Decapolis ("Ten Cities"; Greek: deka, ten; polis, city) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan, Israel and Syria. The ten cities were not an official league or political unit, but they were grouped together because of their language, culture, location, and political status, with each possessing a certain degree of autonomy and self-rule. The Decapolis cities were centers of Greek and Roman culture in a region that was otherwise Semitic (Nabatean, Aramean, and Jewish). With the exception of Damascus, Hippos and Scythopolis, the "Region of the Decapolis" was located in modern-day Jordan.

    Petra (GreekΠέτρα, Petra, meaning "stone";
     
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  3. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

    A neat addition!
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  4. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

  5. gregarious

    gregarious E Pluribus Unum

    kool coin! those depicting the wearing of a gorgon.
     
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  6. Ed Snible

    Ed Snible Well-Known Member

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    Lycaonia, Iconium, 41-138 AD (time of Claudius-Hadrian), AE 14. 2.24g
    Obv: Winged gorgoneion, snake ties below chin, within border of large beads.
    Rev: ΚΛΑΥΔΕΙΚΟΝΙΕΩΝ; Seated figure (Cybele, Tyche, or Hades?) left, holding patera, left arm resting on (?), wearing mural crown (or kalathos?), animal at feet, within beaded boarder.
    VA Lykaon 252
    Münzen & Medaillen Gmbh (DE), auction 19, May 2006, lot 443

    If you are looking for coins depicting the wearing of an aegis, the Baktrians did it first and they did it best:
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    Indo-Greek, Menander I (165-135 BC)
    The obverse shows Menander with an aegis over his shoulder. The reverse shows Athena with an aegis over her arm.
     
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  7. Aethelred

    Aethelred The Old Dead King

    I am holding out for one of these:

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    (Image: CNG)
     
  8. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

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    Crispus
    A.D. 322- 323
    18x19mm 2.7gm
    IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust left, spear across right shoulder, shield engraved with Medusa on left arm.
    BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, Globe set on altar insc. VO/TIS/XX; above three stars.
    In ex. • PTR•
    RIC VII Trier 372
     
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  9. LaCointessa

    LaCointessa Well-Known Member

    @Ed Snible - I'm wondering where the 'aegis' is on that coin. I don't see it. I'm looking for a breastplate or shield or something like that with Medusa's or a gorgon's head on it. Am I looking for the right thing? Thanks
     
  10. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

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    Here's a Menander on which the gorgon bears a striking resemblance to Batman or a cat :D (from CNG archives-- not my coin).
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    ...

    Gorgons currently living at my house:

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    Roman Imperatorial, moneyer L. Plautius Plancus
    47 BCE
    AR Denarius, 3.79 gm
    Obv: L. PLAVTIVS; facing mask of Medusa, serpents at either side of face; banker's mark on cheek
    Rev: PLANCVS; Aurora flying right and conducting the four horses of the sun. Banker's mark in left field.
    Ref: Plautia 15b Sear 429, Cr453/1b; Syd 959a.
    formerly slabbed by NGC

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    PONTOS, Amisos
    85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator
    AE, all are ~27-29 mm
    Obv: helmeted head of Athena right; helmet decorated with griffin
    Rev: AMIΣOY; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa and head of Medusa, Medusa's body at his feet, blood gushing from the neck

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    THRACE, Apollonia Pontika
    Mid-late 4th century BCE
    AR drachm, 10 mm, 3.2 gm
    Obv: Facing gorgoneion
    Rev: Upright anchor; A to left, crayfish to right
    Ref: Topalov, Apollonia p. 348, 11
     
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  11. LaCointessa

    LaCointessa Well-Known Member

    @TIF - Thank you. I would have never found that in a gazillion years! Now I can see it on @Ed Snible's example.
     
  12. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    @Okidoki - I forgot to say what a nice coin that is! Another rare Hadrian provincial? Sweet :).

    Ooh, I forgot my Black Sea aegis bronzes. (@stevex6 has a complete set :wideyed: and the rarest is his nicest. I'm trying not to be jealous.)

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    PONTOS, Amisos
    85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator
    AE 22 mm, 7 gm
    Obv: Aegis facing
    Rev: AMI-ΣOY; Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch; monograms flanking
    Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1177-1191; HGC 7, 242

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    PAPHLAGONIA, Amastris
    85-65 BCE
    AE, 23 mm
    Obv: facing gorgoneion in Aegis
    Rev: AMAΣ-TPEΩN; Nike advancing right, holding palm frond
    Ref: Lindgren 78; BMC 85, 10
    I bought this one because I was at a coin show and it is hard to refrain from purchasing stuff, and it was very cheap :D
     
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  13. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

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    Pontos Amisos Gorgon Aegis-Nike AE21

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    Ionia Klazomenai 480-400 BC AR Drachm Pentobol 3.5g 13mm Forepart winged boar r gorgoneion incuse sq Cf SNG Copenhagen 12 Rare
     
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  14. TTerrier

    TTerrier Well-Known Member

    Great coins everyone - I really like the coins where the gorgoneion is part of the armour decoration. Here is a hemidrachm from Parion.

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    Parion, Mysia, c.400 - 350 BCE
    2.44g 14mm
    Gorgoneion facing / bull standing left head turned back; star below, ΠΑ PI above and beneath bull
    SGCV 3922
     
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  15. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    how about a rough decapolis coin istead?

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    Gordian III (238-244 AD), Nysa-Scythopolis, Decapolis

    Draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from rear, laureate / Tyche-Nysa seated on throne right, holding infant Dionysus in her arms. Delta T across fields (Dated Pompeian Era 304, AD 240/1). 24 mm, 10.7 g
     
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  16. Victor_Clark

    Victor_Clark all my best friends are dead Romans Dealer

    here's a rare example that sold a few years ago.

    ConstantineI_VLPP_Trier221.jpg

    seller's description--

    "Constantine I "The Great". A.D. 307-337. AE follis (2.87 g, 17.6 mm). Trier mint, struck A.D. 319. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust right. Cuirass decorated with an aegis / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, setting shield inscribed VOT/PR on altar. Altar decorated with a star, dot STR in exergue. RIC 221 var (the aegis is not a listed bust type). EF and extremely rare, slight mark on cheek."
     
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  17. Ajax

    Ajax Well-Known Member

    The other day I was just saying I don't have any facing gorgoneion coins yet. I lied.
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  18. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    :rolleyes:

    Sweet examples, gang!!

    Yup, it's Gorgon City!!

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  19. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Oh, and these sweet Gorgon babies ...

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  20. Okidoki

    Okidoki Well-Known Member

    Dear TIF,

    not rare i would say but scare but rare is this quality :D
     
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  21. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    This thread is old but one devoted to Gorgon types, so the most relevant thread for this coin.

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    AE16. 4.47 grams.
    Macedonian shield with Gorgoneion in center,
    Crested Macedonian helmet with cheekpieces, between B (upper) and H (lower) left and E-like monogram to right.
    Sear Greek II 6781. SNG Copenhagen 1122.
    Anonymous bronze possibly from the interregnum of 288-277 "Following Demetrios' overthrow by Lymachos and Pyrrhos, Macedon underwent a decade during which no ruler was able to control the country for any length of time." [Sear page 629.]
     
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