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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2684537, member: 57495&quot;]Since this came up, I&#039;ll share another favorite of mine.&nbsp; </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.&nbsp; 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>

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