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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4766375, member: 99456&quot;]That carpicorn example is fun and easily overlooked and prompts me to ask: why capricorn, what did capricorn represent to the Romans...Here&#039;s one that is not as easily overlooked but still &quot;minor device&quot;: leopard&#039;s head sticking out of the right side of the snakes on this Cistophoric tetradrachm from Ephesus.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161599[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3"><b>Obv:</b> Cista mystica with half-open lid, from which a serpent issues to left; all within ivy wreath</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Rev:</b> Two coiled serpents with heads erect; between them an ornamental bow-case with strap at right, containing a strung bow. To left, EΦE, head of leopard right</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Size:</b> 12.77g 29mm</font></p><p><font size="3"><b>Ref:</b> Kleiner &amp; Noe:<a href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795#fig-127" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/digitallibrary/ark:/53695/nnan30795#fig-127" rel="nofollow"> Series 1:1-a p.41</a></font></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Next:</b> a coin with minor devices or secondary scenes[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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