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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2684537, member: 57495"]Since this came up, I'll share another favorite of mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>Even as these beheaded Medusa coins that Mithridates issued were circulating in his kingdom, his great enemy the Roman Republic had a moneyer who struck denarii with the bust of Medusa on the obverse and the hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus on the reverse. Bring it on, Perseus!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2015-6-5_21-24-48-png.418103/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p><b>C. Cossutius C.f. Sabula</b></p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>3.86g, 18.6mm</p><p>Rome mint, 72 BC</p><p>Babelon Cossutia 1; Sydenham 790; Crawford 395/1.</p><p>O: SABVLA, Head of Medusa left. </p><p>R: Bellerophon on Pegasus right, brandishing spear in right hand; below, L COSSVTI C F; behind, IIII.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2684537, member: 57495"]Since this came up, I'll share another favorite of mine. Even as these beheaded Medusa coins that Mithridates issued were circulating in his kingdom, his great enemy the Roman Republic had a moneyer who struck denarii with the bust of Medusa on the obverse and the hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus on the reverse. Bring it on, Perseus! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2015-6-5_21-24-48-png.418103/[/IMG] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC C. Cossutius C.f. Sabula[/B] AR Denarius 3.86g, 18.6mm Rome mint, 72 BC Babelon Cossutia 1; Sydenham 790; Crawford 395/1. O: SABVLA, Head of Medusa left. R: Bellerophon on Pegasus right, brandishing spear in right hand; below, L COSSVTI C F; behind, IIII.[/QUOTE]
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