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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 5275105, member: 82322&quot;]During the 1700s when people were deciding this stuff they often looked at the headgear.&nbsp; Laurel wreath=Apollo, simple corn wreath=Kore.&nbsp; Here is one called Kore:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1220812[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kyzikos AE20 5.33g 1st-2nd century AD</p><p>Head of Kore right, grain ear in hair; within a wreath of grain</p><p>K-Y/ZI, caduceus, in the center of which is a gorgoneion, the handle is made of a club, crescent above, tunny below, monogram right; all within a laurel wreath.</p><p><i>RPC</i> I <a href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2240" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/2240" rel="nofollow">2240</a>; Von Fritze 45, pl. iii, 5; <i>SNG Copenhagen</i> 86; <i>BMC Mysia</i> pg. 40, 170; <i>SNG von Aulock</i> 1245</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is interesting because the &quot;caduceus&quot; on the back is some kind of crazy crescent (moon?) and has a gorgon&#039;s head decoration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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