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<p>[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3219281, member: 83845"]I love both of these coins... so I shall nerd out for a bit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The Peloponnesian War tie in is especially cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I find depictions of Medusa over time really fascinating. Archaic and early classical styles like acg's coin show Medusa as an ugly monster. By the Hellenistic period Medusa was being shown as a beautiful woman to better reflect the story of her being lusted after by Poseidon and cursed by Athena for it (not cool Athena).</p><p><br /></p><p>After Perseus cut off her head, in some myths Athena used it as an ornament on her Aegis (talk about insult to injury). Here is my newest example of a coin showing Medusa's head as that of a human woman as part of the Aegis.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]837714[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a neat painting by Caravaggio I saw recently at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (again showing Medusa as a woman).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]837713[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">........................................................</p><p><br /></p><p>As for [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] 's fine finale all I can say is great coin and great eye. Between this and Themistocles you have shown you have a real knack for finding these gems that are missed even by the auction houses... great bargain, great eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really love coins that have been signed by the die engraver. As of now this Delta signed tetradrachm of Ptolemy I is my only signed example.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]837717[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt</font></p><p><font size="3">Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC)</font></p><p><font size="3">AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC</font></p><p><font size="3">Dia.: 26 mm</font></p><p><font size="3">Wt.: 14.13 g</font></p><p><font size="3">Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear</font></p><p><font size="3">Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ</font></p><p><font size="3">Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255</font></p><p><font size="3"><i>Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 3219281, member: 83845"]I love both of these coins... so I shall nerd out for a bit :) The Peloponnesian War tie in is especially cool! Also, I find depictions of Medusa over time really fascinating. Archaic and early classical styles like acg's coin show Medusa as an ugly monster. By the Hellenistic period Medusa was being shown as a beautiful woman to better reflect the story of her being lusted after by Poseidon and cursed by Athena for it (not cool Athena). After Perseus cut off her head, in some myths Athena used it as an ornament on her Aegis (talk about insult to injury). Here is my newest example of a coin showing Medusa's head as that of a human woman as part of the Aegis. [ATTACH=full]837714[/ATTACH] Here is a neat painting by Caravaggio I saw recently at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (again showing Medusa as a woman). [ATTACH=full]837713[/ATTACH] [CENTER]........................................................[/CENTER] As for [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] 's fine finale all I can say is great coin and great eye. Between this and Themistocles you have shown you have a real knack for finding these gems that are missed even by the auction houses... great bargain, great eye appeal. I really love coins that have been signed by the die engraver. As of now this Delta signed tetradrachm of Ptolemy I is my only signed example. [ATTACH=full]837717[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt Ptolemy I Soter, (305-282 BC) AR Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, struck ca. 300-285 BC Dia.: 26 mm Wt.: 14.13 g Obv.: Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck. Δ behind ear Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt. P above monogram ΠΑΡ Ref.: Noesje 41-42. SNG Copenhagen 70-71. Svoronos 255 [I]Ex W.F. Stoecklin, Ex Karl Steiner (1940s), signed by Delta[/I][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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