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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 8114021, member: 56859&quot;]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_50da028ede1942328a8e49d2862e9ea7.jpg_srb_p_1000_533_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb%252526hash%25253Dd40854538141b61dd1ecde6ec22fb204%2526hash%253D2aa23962968afe8e581b4fa97ee1700d%26hash%3D08fa4ebf712ca594b89d4be54bffa655&amp;hash=6c41e6d9ae18bff4223a0c8e4da1d682" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage </b></p><p>c. late 3rd century BCE</p><p>Æ 20 mm, 6.38 gm, 10h</p><p>Obv: laureate head of Zeus right; API below</p><p>Rev: head of river-god Acheloios left; trident head above, monogram to left. Ref: BCD Akarnania 32; HGC 4, 736</p><p><i>ex Alexandre Carathéodory Pasha (1833-1906)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So, by that theory, the magistrate at the time of my coin (and the one you showed, which appears to have the same controls and monogram) was bearded like the depiction of Acheloios on these coins.&nbsp; Rather, by direction of the magistrate (or &quot;art director&quot;/priest for the mint) Acheloios was rendered with a beard, showing how the magistrate &quot;assumes the form&quot; in his role as intercessor?</p><p><br /></p><p>The face of Acheloios in Figure 1 of your article looks quite like the face of Herakles/Alexander on the ubiquitous Alexander tets of the time.&nbsp; Thoughts??[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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