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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 7777926, member: 91461&quot;]Talk about a juxtaposition on my latest (and foxiest) piece of ancient silver!</p><p>Nymphs:</p><p><img src="https://mythologysource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/nymphs.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/o5FiyxMeevoMndB_8Fsuj_2Xp9U=/1761x1321/smart/filters:no_upscale()/Rae_-_Water_Nymphs_color2-9b04f427bbe04cfaa316633763a3b628.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Ahhh, beauty and sexuality. So peaceful.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Gorgons...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Gorgona_pushkin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.gifer.com/OTiG.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RUUUUNNNNNN!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>2 of my favorite creatures from antiquity, both very different and both on my new coin!</p><p>As you&#039;d guess, in hand the nymph is even more beautiful<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and the gorgon even more ugly<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie95" alt=":vamp:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1334270[/ATTACH]</p><p>Macedonia, Neapolis, Hemidrachm, 424-350 BC (14 mm, 1,80 gr)</p><p>Obverse: facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue Reverse: head of the nymph of Neapolis to right, her hair coiled around her head and with a bun at the back, around Ν-Ε / Ο-Π. Purchased from Savoca June 2021</p><p>&quot;Neapolis, modern Kavala, was founded by Thasos to take advantage of nearby gold and silver mines. It later became independent and exploited its silver riches by producing an important coinage of staters and fractions, which began in the last quarter of the 6th century BC. The type was a gorgoneion paired with an incuse square. In the late 5th century the reverse changed to a head of the local goddess, Parthenos, the name the people of Neapolis gave to the indigenous Thracian goddess Bendis (commonly identified with Artemis).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see your nymphs, gorgons, coins of Neapolis or any really strange juxtapositions on coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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