And carry some serious diseases...there are reasons why you need a special license to sell them in most of the states in the US. And they are...
Correct. I would like to keep to try and keep the thread on topic with hopes of finding additional variations of polymorphic art on ancient coins....
here's a negative version of the original coin image. The lettering shows better. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Here are some rubbings..it sucks when it looks like you have a full legend and then the letters are indistinguishable.
This appears to be what I am seeing. Thank you for the clarifications!
[ATTACH] Here's my crown series. Only one crown left and I know where it is..just can't afford it. It's the only one in public ownership.
Can you expand on this? what would CEBACTOC stand for? Or the single C?
This is all great information. I don't have enough research into the Elagabalus S*C coinage or personal examples yet. But I am working on it! It's...
Well, first off history is written by those who profit from history. The ancient "historians" are not much different. You can write entertainment...
Hey, you should be looking at youthful Elagabalus coinage. Use my Avatar image as an example...It's quite a soft realistic portrait- somewhat...
As a collector, I should probably know this, but if you ask Chris, I'm not a collector but a complainer..I'm poor..I buy when I can..my wife does...
OK, I finally found what I feel is the earliest example of a winged "beast" on a coin... Ionia Uncertain (BC 650-600) EL Stater ca 650-600 BC. EL...
Those are actually some great modern examples of art borrowed from the Greeks!
Go back further and you can see how Nike was transformed from something like this 6 winged Daimon.[ATTACH] There is an older Electrum from...
Here's my one of my top 5 Nike images. Ok Top 2. Terina, Bruttium [ATTACH]
Dolphin Man
Here's one in my top 5 of Wings on Things. The quintessence of polymorphism. [ATTACH]
@medoraman Thanks Chris! Yes he does. I know of a couple other club members on the forum as well! Thanks for taking me into the fold.
Nice Perseus!
There has to be one in the every crowd! But I love the humor and imagery.
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