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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8458616, member: 26430"]Well played, [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] -- I wasn't sure we'd get a Claudius Denarius, as fewer players have been on the field lately!</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope just plain Nemesis (rather, <b><font size="6">Nemesis as a Griffin</font></b>) is ok? I'm never quite sure how it worked when merging two Greek or Roman deities (or aspects of them) into single beings. Maybe this would've been a different "Nemesis" from the "Pax-Nemesis" on RIC of Claudius and Hadrian....</p><p><br /></p><p>At least for Alexandrian coinage, Kerry Wetterstrom may be the recent (c. 1990-) popularizer of Griffins-as-embodiments-of-Nemesis (when they have a wheel, at least). This Antoninus Drachm was from his collection (<a href="https://archive.org/details/CNAsaleXII/page/34/mode/1up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/CNAsaleXII/page/34/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">CNA XII [26 Sep 1990], p. 34, Lot 213</a>). Another type illustrates his <a href="https://archive.org/details/15n1classicalnum1990review/page/43/mode/1up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/15n1classicalnum1990review/page/43/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">CNR XV.1 (Winter 1990, p. 43)</a> essay on the topic, "Nemesis as Portrayed on Roman Coinage."</p><p><br /></p><p>(Interestingly, in Spring 1988, neither his 6-page <a href="https://archive.org/details/13n2classicalnum1988review/page/n2/mode/1up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/13n2classicalnum1988review/page/n2/mode/1up" rel="nofollow">"Introduction to the Coinage of Roman Egypt," in HCR 13.2</a>, nor the cataloged examples [see Lot 46], mentioned Nemesis at all.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For an interesting account of the Nemesis-Griffin from artistic traditions beyond the numismatic, see the <a href="https://www.getty.edu/publications/romanmosaics/catalogue/8/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.getty.edu/publications/romanmosaics/catalogue/8/" rel="nofollow">extended commentary on the Getty's 5th-6th century mosaic from Roman Syria</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1498905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Photo credit</b></i>: From the Heritage Auctions listing (<a href="https://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=3184+790+231&ic4=RemoveFilter-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=3184+790+231&ic4=RemoveFilter-071515" rel="nofollow">Ancient Coin Selections from the Morris [Phil Peck] Collection, Part III World Coins Monthly Online Auction 61151 [26 Jan 2020], Lot 97082</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1498909[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>NEXT</b>: Another <b>Mythical Beast</b> </font></p><p>(whatever kind strikes your fancy from any ancient or medieval coining culture you like)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8458616, member: 26430"]Well played, [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] -- I wasn't sure we'd get a Claudius Denarius, as fewer players have been on the field lately! I hope just plain Nemesis (rather, [B][SIZE=6]Nemesis as a Griffin[/SIZE][/B]) is ok? I'm never quite sure how it worked when merging two Greek or Roman deities (or aspects of them) into single beings. Maybe this would've been a different "Nemesis" from the "Pax-Nemesis" on RIC of Claudius and Hadrian.... At least for Alexandrian coinage, Kerry Wetterstrom may be the recent (c. 1990-) popularizer of Griffins-as-embodiments-of-Nemesis (when they have a wheel, at least). This Antoninus Drachm was from his collection ([URL='https://archive.org/details/CNAsaleXII/page/34/mode/1up']CNA XII [26 Sep 1990], p. 34, Lot 213[/URL]). Another type illustrates his [URL='https://archive.org/details/15n1classicalnum1990review/page/43/mode/1up']CNR XV.1 (Winter 1990, p. 43)[/URL] essay on the topic, "Nemesis as Portrayed on Roman Coinage." (Interestingly, in Spring 1988, neither his 6-page [URL='https://archive.org/details/13n2classicalnum1988review/page/n2/mode/1up']"Introduction to the Coinage of Roman Egypt," in HCR 13.2[/URL], nor the cataloged examples [see Lot 46], mentioned Nemesis at all.) For an interesting account of the Nemesis-Griffin from artistic traditions beyond the numismatic, see the [URL='https://www.getty.edu/publications/romanmosaics/catalogue/8/']extended commentary on the Getty's 5th-6th century mosaic from Roman Syria[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1498905[/ATTACH] [I][B]Photo credit[/B][/I]: From the Heritage Auctions listing ([URL='https://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=3184+790+231&ic4=RemoveFilter-071515']Ancient Coin Selections from the Morris [Phil Peck] Collection, Part III World Coins Monthly Online Auction 61151 [26 Jan 2020], Lot 97082[/URL]) [ATTACH=full]1498909[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6][B]NEXT[/B]: Another [B]Mythical Beast[/B] [/SIZE] (whatever kind strikes your fancy from any ancient or medieval coining culture you like)[/QUOTE]
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