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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shea19, post: 8249853, member: 90981&quot;]I recently landed an example of a fun type that I&#039;ve wanted for a very long time: a large bronze from Amisos with the famous gory mythological reverse type showing the hero Perseus after he beheaded Medusa.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the reverse, Perseus is shown standing over the body of the fallen Medusa, with a blade in one hand, Medusa&#039;s head in the other hand, and blood still gushing out from her neck.&nbsp; This is a very popular type, especially here on CT, and it’s pretty easy to see why.&nbsp; It&#039;s taken me a long time to find the &quot;right&quot; example, because the common problem is that so many of these are poorly centered.&nbsp; It&#039;s not easy to find an example where Perseus, the harpa blade, Medusa&#039;s head, <i>and </i>her body with gushing blood all made it onto the flan, but I’ve been holding out for one that shows all of it (can’t believe I just wrote that sentence <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ).&nbsp; I was finally able to find a nicely-centered example that shows it all…though it has the usual scratches and &quot;adjustment marks&quot;, I think it’s a beauty and was definitely worth the wait.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1453101[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pontos, Amisos, <i>Time of Mithradates VI Eupator</i>, circa 100-85 BC. (AE, 30 mm, 19.58 g). Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos. <i>Rev.</i> AMI-ΣOY Perseus standing facing, holding harpa in his right hand and head of Medusa in his left; Medusa&#039;s body at his feet, monograms to lower left and right.</p><p><br /></p><p>I should add that with all of the (well-deserved) focus on the reverse design, I’ve always really liked the obverse design as well.&nbsp; In addition to a well-centered reverse, it was important to me to have a clear rendering of Pegasus on Athena’s crested helmet on the obverse, and this one thankfully has that as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>As this is a very popular type that has been discussed at length on CT, I don&#039;t have much else to add, but I’m very happy to finally have a nice big bronze with this fun, gory reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your examples of the type (from Amisos or any of the other cities), your coins from Pontos/Amisos, coins with Medusa or Perseus, or anything else relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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