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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4809677, member: 110350&quot;]I&#039;ve previously posted my two gryphons (a spelling I prefer simply because it looks more elegant to me!), but you ask, and I answer:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L. Papius, AR Serrate Denarius, 79 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin; control-symbol of lyre behind/ Rev. Gryphon prancing right, control-symbol of lyre-key below, L. PAPI in exergue. Crawford 384/1 (see also Crawford Vol. II Plate LXVII, control-symbol 127 &amp; p. 788), RSC I Papia 1, Sear RCV I 311 (ill.), Harlan, RRM I Ch. 7 at pp. 32-35, BMCRR Rome 2977-3095 [<i>control-symbol pair not in BMCRR</i>]. 19 mm., 3.79 g., 9 h. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167060[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (4th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Gryphon walking left, APOLLINI CONS AVG; Δ [Delta = 4th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 166, RSC IV 76, Wolkow 4a4, Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 718, Sear RCV III 10180.&nbsp; 20.5 mm., 3.29 g., 6 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167061[/ATTACH]</p><p>In approximately 350 years, the only major change I see in the gryphon&#039;s design is that it has grown a beard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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