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<p>[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 8315961, member: 89970"]The gryphon on the back of the helmet of Roma is a characteristic ornamentation of more than 60 years of the early denari. It's on nearly every coin with helmeted Roma and it's quite abstract. The head at the top of the helmet is usually just an eye, long pointed ears and a beak. The "spikes" on the back of the helmet are the feathery or hairy tufts on the back of the gryphon's neck. Many artistic images do not show these tufts, but here is a perfect example of ancient artistic representation of these tufts from a lovely coin of Tomis in your own collection:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472412[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1472402[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fugio1, post: 8315961, member: 89970"]The gryphon on the back of the helmet of Roma is a characteristic ornamentation of more than 60 years of the early denari. It's on nearly every coin with helmeted Roma and it's quite abstract. The head at the top of the helmet is usually just an eye, long pointed ears and a beak. The "spikes" on the back of the helmet are the feathery or hairy tufts on the back of the gryphon's neck. Many artistic images do not show these tufts, but here is a perfect example of ancient artistic representation of these tufts from a lovely coin of Tomis in your own collection: [ATTACH=full]1472412[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1472402[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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