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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 3385233, member: 75143&quot;]Here&#039;s a hyperinflation series 1944 500,000 drachmai.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse features a marble head of Zeus. This is obviously based on an extant sculpture - you can tell form the uneven break at the neck that is very typical of surviving sculpted heads.</p><p>However, I simply <i>cannot</i> find the actual statue. However, here&#039;s a similar one. The colossal Zeus of Otricoli. This is a 2nd century Roman copy after a colossal cult seated(?) cult statue of the god.</p><p>You can tell the statue was made as a bust instead of a broken-off head, due to the smooth and clean breaks on all sides.</p><p>The Romans were HUGE on bust-making, but the Greeks not so much. In this manner, there is a significant corpus of Roman busts of Greek originals that preserve only the head and upper chest.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]899238[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]899241[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse is nothing special, sort of looks like older American greenbacks actually.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]899242[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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