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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2788273, member: 42773&quot;]Let me toss out the idea that the centaur on the reverse of these types is the most famous centaur, Chiron, and that he&#039;s holding a lyre. The Roman appropriation of Chiron included making him a great teacher, with many renowned pupils including Asclepius, Aristaeus, Ajax, Aeneas, Actaeon, Caeneus, Theseus, Achilles, Jason, Peleus, Telamon, Perseus, sometimes Heracles, Oileus, Phoenix, and in one Byzantine tradition, even Dionysus. Here he is in a 1st century fresco from Herculaneum, teaching Achilles how to play the lyre...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]647007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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