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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3469104, member: 10461&quot;]Here&#039;s an ancient Greek Wildman of sorts.&nbsp; The obverse portrait is variously described as a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyr" rel="nofollow">satyr</a> or the god <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)" rel="nofollow">Pan</a> (who was the god of... what else?&nbsp; The wild, of course.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In one of my earlier posts, someone said he looks like &quot;The Wolfman&quot; here, which is a pretty apt comparison, I think.&nbsp; Perhaps the satyr on this ancient coin is the ancestor of these later European Wildmen.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was also a type that I previously had considered to be kind of neat, but not <i>quite</i> for me.&nbsp; That all changed recently, and I decided I just had to have this one.&nbsp; (I happen to also like griffins a lot.)</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><b><a href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/CQejdNQMRbyX8Svmin7n" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/lordmarcovan/7my2PhjhXCrR9PLbqB5k/CQejdNQMRbyX8Svmin7n" rel="nofollow">Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): bronze Æ21, ca. 310-303 BC</a></b></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5"><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/kwgpMmrQSjyi98NHm2Fz_GreeceThrace_800.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="5">Ex-<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/88/product/thrace__pantikapaion_ae_21_310303_bc_as_struck_no_circulation_wear/1080636/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/robertson/88/product/thrace__pantikapaion_ae_21_310303_bc_as_struck_no_circulation_wear/1080636/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Lodge Antiquities</a></font></font>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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