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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 4125498, member: 82322&quot;]Parion also issued bronze coins with the gorgoneion.&nbsp; Here is an example in bronze from the most recent Agora Auction:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068927[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mysia, Parion. civic issue. 2nd-1st cent B.C. AE 13, 2.11 g</p><p>Obv: Gorgoneon three-quarters facing to right</p><p>Rev: Π - A / P - I, ethnic divided by owl standing right on palm-branch, head facing.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Athena had a gorgoneion on her breastplate.&nbsp; The ancient authors do not tell us why.&nbsp; Modern authors have proposed that the gorgon signifies Athena’s aegis.&nbsp; The gorgoneion was also a common image on Greek shields.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some cities, like Seriphos, were visited by Perseus in mythological times.&nbsp; For those cities the gorgon probably represents a local story.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a theory for why Parion used the gorgon as a type but it is my own theory.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t supported by any published articles.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people believe the gorgon/cow coinage at Parion started circa 375 or 350 BC.&nbsp; Parion was conquered by Abydos circa 360 BC.&nbsp; </p><p>Abydos used the gorgon motif on its early coinage.&nbsp; I suspect the conquerors brought the type.&nbsp; (The earlier gorgon/incuse coinage I don&#039;t believe is from Parion.&nbsp; Their attribution to Parion is just a bit of numismatic folk-lore that made it into too many catalogs).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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