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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3800419, member: 91461&quot;]I&#039;ve been waiting (not very) patiently for my Halloween presents to myself. And...</p><p><img src="https://media.tenor.co/images/66f25e11ac529a9bf3f35caaa9594ad8/raw" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, Ok. It&#039;s only one present but the spooky little girl says &quot;Theeeeey&#039;re here&quot; not &quot;Iiiiit&#039;s here&quot;.</p><p>I purchased this coin, of course, for the Ketos Sea Monster (Latinized as Cetus)!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.ancient.eu/uploads/images/3363.jpg?v=1485680998" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Mosaic with a ketos found at Caulonia (Monasterace) in the Casa del Drago, 3rd century BCE)</p><p><br /></p><p>Fabled as a maiden munching monstrosity slayed in various tales by such all around bad dudes as Herakles and Perseus!!! There is even a constellation named after this ancient beast<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (I borrowed [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]&#039;s identification as mine was listed by the seller as being unknown and having a horse on the obverse<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> also, her and I have the much more rare right facing version)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014729[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>CARIA, Halikarnassos (reassigned from Kindya)</b></p><p>500-496 BCE</p><p>AR tetrobol, 1.78 gm, 11 mm, Samian standard</p><p>Obv: head of ketos right</p><p>Rev: geometric pattern within incuse square</p><p><br /></p><p>I mentioned my excitement of the acquisition of the coin in the &quot;Coins that go bump in the night part 2&quot; thread. But the more I look at it the more I am drawn to the oober trippily detailed and concave reverse. It looks like some ancient geometric map to other dimensions! All the more so with the deep black hole in the center.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1014724[/ATTACH]</p><p>(actual pic of Homer trying to touch my coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, you cannot perceive the 3 dimensions on a 2 dimensional image.</p><p>Below you will see I tried to capture the concavity of the coin. For such a tiny guy it really is something else!</p><p><br /></p><p>Pardon the shaky pics, but I thought the animation would help show the depth of the reverse.</p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sSolmoQvHOQady2usBNYTKTjZ-xrzqlkA-OG8CFsZMkl7mC3iMdWqEEGgHtyYvukzng87CFR_uPLGQHU21JnKFsuz1yqjUJiuC9mHooSv6XkgGXkfNwdYy5ChsZZAWB1plReyyj4mrU=w618-h506-no" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>However, when I tried the same thing with the obverse a Halloween surprise awaited me as the Ketos monster attempted its attack! (Good thing I&#039;m not any of these: young, chaste nor a woman)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/iYX5iYpP_Fp4UrqbNKdz33-ZVCQUYHaPYseP6v5pi7S1gatiLYtweZHau6iG1H0-LUGMp48fZgsXw25wuL5lzUQNSb2nZDKigf9BLnxz8xO-75xX3fJYzwx4rKDBiIYAu8qBi3fyZRU=w524-h447-no" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I remember a cool thread a bit ago about ancient coins reliefs. What about the other side of the coin (he said pleased with the pun he&#039;d walked right into). Do you have any anti-relief coins? Monsters (sea or land)? Gateways to other worlds??? Post em if ya got em...or whatever floats your Ketos!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]bjJ7KCBykVU[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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