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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2735298, member: 82322&quot;]That electrum man-faced bull is lovely!</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently acquired a rare man-faced bull accidentally.&nbsp; I found this piece, unattributed (!), at Don Zauche&#039;s table at last month&#039;s Whitman expo.&nbsp; I collect Perseus and thought I had stumbled upon an unpublished type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]623186[/ATTACH] </p><p>Sicily, Alontion. circa 241-210 BC. AE19 6.39g</p><p>Male (?) head left wearing Phrygian helmet (Perseus or Roma?)</p><p>Man-headed bull standing left</p><p><br /></p><p>I was finally able to attribute it today after many failed attempts.&nbsp; I had not expected a man-headed bull and thought the reverse was more likely a horse than a bull!</p><p><br /></p><p>The catalogs all describe the obverse as &quot;Male head left wearing Phrygian helmet.&quot;&nbsp; I still suspect Perseus, or possibly Roma, is depicted.</p><p><br /></p><p>After seeing a few examples with clear reverses I now desire an example with water flowing from the mouth of the man-faced-bull.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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