Sorry for the disappointment, @+VGO.DVCKS. I remember seeing that coin listed with Nectanebo's name, and thinking to myself, "Didn't I read...
Harlan is not arguing that it's hair. He's saying that it's a veil that looks like hair. He agrees with you.
In Michael Harlan's book Roman Republican Moneyers and their Coins 63 BCE - 49 BCE (2nd ed. 2015), Ch. 6 (pp. 49-53), he illustrates four examples...
Has either of you ever, even once, posted an ancient coin you own in this forum? Just wondering.
Thanks, @zumbly. The Attic lekythos is about 3.5" (89 mm.) high, and 1.75" (44.5 mm.) across at its widest point. The Corinthian aryballos is...
I have a coin with a rooster, but it's not ancient: France, Louis XVI AR ecu de 6 livres, 1792, Paris Mint (rooster in right field on reverse):...
There are many Byzantine gold solidi and tremissi ( if that's how one spells the plurals!) that can be bought for less than $1,000. Look on VCoins.
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