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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2809219, member: 82322&quot;]Apotropaic magic is intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.&nbsp; Among the Ancient Greeks the most widely used image intended to avert evil was that of the Gorgon.&nbsp; The Etruscan goddess Metus is congruent both with the Greek Medusa and with Deimos, the Greek god of terror.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This depiction of Metus will keep you away from harm and dread.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656816[/ATTACH]</p><p>Etruria, Populonia (3rd Century BC), Silver 20-Asses, 8.34g</p><p>Obv: facing head of Metus, hair bound with a diadem, °XX° below</p><p>Reverse: usually blank, but this one has a faint brockage showing the XX and rim of another example.</p><p>Vecchi, <i>Etruscan Coinage</i>, Part I 52.126 (1219) (O20), this coin although the photo doesn&#039;t match). </p><p><br /></p><p>(This coin was sold in the 1957 sale of the Adolphe Menjou collection. He was a Hollywood actor and the best-dressed man in America. It is doubtful it ever belonged to him though.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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