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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5336772, member: 57495"]My favorites are 2 and 3, but very nice coins all-around!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm... I'm no authority, maybe [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] has an answer. These coiled serpent types were issued at so many provincial mints and with many little variations in how they were depicted. I see examples like <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=502599" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=502599" rel="nofollow">this one</a> from Tomis that do have abit of fish tail, but think it's hard to say any given one <i>wasn't</i> meant to depict Glykon, tail type not withstanding. Based on the famous statue of Glykon discovered at Tomis, we at least know the cult was well-established there. Does it (or did it) have a fish tail? I don't think I've seen an image of it from an angle that shows one.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225857[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I do prefer my Glykon coins come with the fishy tail. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Domna. Augusta Traiana:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225851[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Geta. Hadrianopolis:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225855[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 5336772, member: 57495"]My favorites are 2 and 3, but very nice coins all-around! Hmmm... I'm no authority, maybe [USER=103829]@Jochen1[/USER] has an answer. These coiled serpent types were issued at so many provincial mints and with many little variations in how they were depicted. I see examples like [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=502599']this one[/URL] from Tomis that do have abit of fish tail, but think it's hard to say any given one [I]wasn't[/I] meant to depict Glykon, tail type not withstanding. Based on the famous statue of Glykon discovered at Tomis, we at least know the cult was well-established there. Does it (or did it) have a fish tail? I don't think I've seen an image of it from an angle that shows one. [ATTACH=full]1225857[/ATTACH] That said, I do prefer my Glykon coins come with the fishy tail. :D Julia Domna. Augusta Traiana: [ATTACH=full]1225851[/ATTACH] Geta. Hadrianopolis: [ATTACH=full]1225855[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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