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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 7324915, member: 110350&quot;]An interesting (although non-scholarly) article that was published yesterday surveying the history of centaurs in Greek mythology and early Greek art. With some nice photos.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thecollector.com/centaur-in-greek-art/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thecollector.com/centaur-in-greek-art/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thecollector.com/centaur-in-greek-art/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the objects illustrated is this 8th Century BCE Greek centaur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, with accompanying commentary:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/249228" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/249228" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/249228</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Note that the front legs are human, and only the back legs are those of a horse:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/249228/538322/main-image" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For whatever reason, I don&#039;t see as many ancient coins depicting centaurs as, say, Pegasi or griffins. I have only one myself:</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (8th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking left holding a globe in extended right hand and a reversed rudder in left hand, with right front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; H [Eta = 8th Officina] in exergue.&nbsp; RIC V-1 164, RSC IV 73 (ill.), Wolkow 1a8, Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 738, Sear RCV III 10178. 20 mm., 3.42 g., 12 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1279954[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>But perhaps that&#039;s just me. Please post your ancient coins with centaurs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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