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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3379083, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordianiii-gigantomachy-rt-jpg.532065/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CILICIA, Seleucia ad Calycadnum. Gordian III</b></p><p>238-244 CE</p><p>Æ 27 mm, 11 gm</p><p>Obv: ...ΓOPΔIANO radiate and draped bust right; C/M dot within triangle (Howgego 670?)</p><p>Rev: CEΛEVKEΩN; Athena advancing right, holding her shield with her extended left arm &amp; preparing to hurl a spear at an anguipede giant (Enceladus?) who is throwing stones at her.</p><p>Ref: c.f. SNG Levante 763</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-gigantomachy.283117/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-gigantomachy.283117/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-gigantomachy.283117/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Vivid statue of Enceladus, showing him partly buried under rocks (park of Versailles; image from Wikipedia):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F5%2F56%2FParc_de_Versailles%252C_Bosquet_de_l%2527Encelade%252C_bassin_03.jpg%2F1920px-Parc_de_Versailles%252C_Bosquet_de_l%2527Encelade%252C_bassin_03.jpg&amp;hash=0837c2de9ed289d37b9bb4b953ef9adf" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Mosaic featuring anguipede (serpent-footed) giants, Villa Romana del Casale, c. 3rd century CE (image from <a href="http://www.theoi.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theoi.com" rel="nofollow">www.theoi.com</a>):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theoi.com%2Fimage%2FZ43.1Gigantes.jpg&amp;hash=387d6bdeb82a5167d24cc05ca10d6af3" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Frieze of the Gigantomachy on the Pergamon Altar (image from Wikipedia):</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2Fb%2Fb9%2FPergamonmuseum_-_Antikensammlung_-_Pergamonaltar_02-03.jpg%2F1920px-Pergamonmuseum_-_Antikensammlung_-_Pergamonaltar_02-03.jpg&amp;hash=77473cb44b52d7faa61b40e7876e8c91" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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