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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2611606, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]571461[/ATTACH] </p><ul> <li><br /> LYCAONIA. Iconium (as Claudiconium), Hadrian, AE17<br /> Obv: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ. Bare head left.<br /> Rev: ΚΛΑΥΔЄΙΚΟΝΙЄωΝ. Perseus standing facing, head right, holding harpa and severed head of Medusa.<br /> RPC III <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2825/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2825/" rel="nofollow">2825</a>; SNG France 2286<br /> (The picture is harsh; the coin looks better in hand.)</li> </ul><p>A heroic back and neck pose!</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is also artistically unusual, because it shows Perseus holding the head of Medusa high in the air, like a Renaissance sculpture, and not low to the ground as he does in his constellation.</p><ul> <li><br /> </li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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