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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2758353, member: 82322&quot;]I am not sure if this is a bee or not.&nbsp; What do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]633349[/ATTACH] </p><p>Greek, uncertain.&nbsp; (Crete, Praisos? Gabala, Phoenicia? Parion?) 2.13g 13mm</p><p>Obv: Winged gorgoneion, mouth closed, snake ties (?) along cheeks and below chin, two snakes protruding from top of head and crossing beaded circle.</p><p>Rev: Sometimes date ΘΠΡ; Bee with two or four wings, uncertain object (rose or prow?) sometimes to left.</p><p><br /></p><p>The CNG catalogers attribute the two known specimens with this kind of wing to Praisos on Crete.&nbsp; There is a similar coin -- I think it is the same type, although the wings are a bit different -- attributed to Gabala, Phoenicia in Oliver Hoover&#039;s handbook of Greek coins.&nbsp; Another cataloger puts it with the gorgoneion/</p><p><i>aplustre </i>fractions usually attributed to Arados.</p><p><br /></p><p>Notice that the snakes on one example go right through the circle of dots that frames the image.&nbsp; No where else have I seen snakes pierce a frame.&nbsp; I’ve seen bust portraits break through dotted circle, but showing the snakes this way is a bold artistic choice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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