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<p>[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 4163374, member: 76440"]Yes, the mythical story is that the centaur graciously offered to help Hercules' wife across a river. Centaur proceeded to rape Herc's wife on the other side. Hercules didn't like that and proceeded to pummel the Centaur once he caught him.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the type selection is an allegorical reference to what Rome was going to do to Carthage for "raping" the Italian countryside. The position of the Centaur is not unlike the horse with turned head seen on some Carthaginian coins; and the obverse, with the goddess's inexplicably-odd headgear seems like a misinterpretation of the head of Tanit seen on Carthaginian coins (which itself is a stylized copy of Demeter as seen on Sicilian coins). The side-crest looks similar to the stylized wheat ears on the numismatic representations of Tanit/Demeter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carausius, post: 4163374, member: 76440"]Yes, the mythical story is that the centaur graciously offered to help Hercules' wife across a river. Centaur proceeded to rape Herc's wife on the other side. Hercules didn't like that and proceeded to pummel the Centaur once he caught him. I think the type selection is an allegorical reference to what Rome was going to do to Carthage for "raping" the Italian countryside. The position of the Centaur is not unlike the horse with turned head seen on some Carthaginian coins; and the obverse, with the goddess's inexplicably-odd headgear seems like a misinterpretation of the head of Tanit seen on Carthaginian coins (which itself is a stylized copy of Demeter as seen on Sicilian coins). The side-crest looks similar to the stylized wheat ears on the numismatic representations of Tanit/Demeter.[/QUOTE]
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