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<p>[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3288338, member: 74834"]Here's an inverted Janus coin, not with two faces, but one face and two bodies. I was much surprised to discover it. What's the function of an owl with two bodies?</p><p><br /></p><p>AE13 Athens, 340-317 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Athens to the right. Two-bodied owl peering at you, above Eleusinian ring. Α / Θ – Ε (= Athens). Kroll 41. HGC 4, 1736. 13 mm, 1.95 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869363[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pellinore, post: 3288338, member: 74834"]Here's an inverted Janus coin, not with two faces, but one face and two bodies. I was much surprised to discover it. What's the function of an owl with two bodies? AE13 Athens, 340-317 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Athens to the right. Two-bodied owl peering at you, above Eleusinian ring. Α / Θ – Ε (= Athens). Kroll 41. HGC 4, 1736. 13 mm, 1.95 gr. [ATTACH=full]869363[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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