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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8199847, member: 99456&quot;]Wow - some great looking Paeonian Tetradrachms and an excellent post from [USER=83845]@Curtisimo[/USER] on Hellenistic influences on Paeonian art!</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;rearing horseman spearing something or someone&quot; theme seems to have been fairly universally appreciated.&nbsp; This Black jasper scarabaeoid seal from the second half of the 5th century BC illustrates a &quot;Persian horseman spearing a Greek foot soldier.&quot;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436707[/ATTACH]</p><p>Public domain image via the <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254626" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254626" rel="nofollow">NY Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>and sometimes the tables were turned too....Constantius II 4th century AD[ATTACH=full]1436708[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Constantius II</b> (?), AE</p><p><b>Obv: </b>D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing left, spearing bearded horseman, hair in two braids, who is reaching backwards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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