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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 25303424, member: 87809"]Didn't have a Gorgoneion; I thought they are really scary, but I made up my mind, and decided to buy one, which came in the mail yesterday:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Drachm, Mysia, Parion, 5th Century BC, ca. 500 – 475 BC.</p><p>12 mm, 3.86 g</p><p><br /></p><p>SNG France 5, Mysie, 1351; BMC (Mysia, Pl. XXI.6) 1; SNG Copenhagen (Mysia) 256; SNG von Aulock 1318; Asyut 612; Rosen 525</p><p><br /></p><p>According to the VCoins website it is SNG France 137. I checked BnF and I think it is SNG France 5, Mysie, 1351 like this one: <a href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41767378h" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41767378h" rel="nofollow">https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41767378h</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Anepigraphic. Facing Gorgoneion with protruding tongue.</p><p>Rev.: Linear pattern within incuse square, pellet at the center</p><p><br /></p><p>Picture courtesy Herakles Numismatic</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1616403[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your scary Gorgoneion or anything related[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 25303424, member: 87809"]Didn't have a Gorgoneion; I thought they are really scary, but I made up my mind, and decided to buy one, which came in the mail yesterday: AR Drachm, Mysia, Parion, 5th Century BC, ca. 500 – 475 BC. 12 mm, 3.86 g SNG France 5, Mysie, 1351; BMC (Mysia, Pl. XXI.6) 1; SNG Copenhagen (Mysia) 256; SNG von Aulock 1318; Asyut 612; Rosen 525 According to the VCoins website it is SNG France 137. I checked BnF and I think it is SNG France 5, Mysie, 1351 like this one: [URL]https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41767378h[/URL] Ob.: Anepigraphic. Facing Gorgoneion with protruding tongue. Rev.: Linear pattern within incuse square, pellet at the center Picture courtesy Herakles Numismatic [ATTACH=full]1616403[/ATTACH] Please share your scary Gorgoneion or anything related[/QUOTE]
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