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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8140655, member: 110350"]First, congratulations on beginning your Art History PhD program. I have an idea of how demanding it is, because my son is also in an Art History PhD program, up in Toronto, although he's a couple of years into it. (Nothing Roman or otherwise ancient, so you'll never be competing for a job!)</p><p><br /></p><p>What a wonderful group of coins! If I had to pick some favorites, I might choose #'s 1 (amazing), 3, 6 & 8. But I really like 4, 5 & 7 as well!</p><p><br /></p><p>I kind of think that the little figure on #6 probably is Marsyas. To be sure, it's not exactly like the Marsyas on this denarius of L. Censorinus, but for two coins more than 300 years apart, I think the figures are similar enough for an identification. Looking closely, I believe I see a tail on yours, which would be dispositive.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1419123[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8140655, member: 110350"]First, congratulations on beginning your Art History PhD program. I have an idea of how demanding it is, because my son is also in an Art History PhD program, up in Toronto, although he's a couple of years into it. (Nothing Roman or otherwise ancient, so you'll never be competing for a job!) What a wonderful group of coins! If I had to pick some favorites, I might choose #'s 1 (amazing), 3, 6 & 8. But I really like 4, 5 & 7 as well! I kind of think that the little figure on #6 probably is Marsyas. To be sure, it's not exactly like the Marsyas on this denarius of L. Censorinus, but for two coins more than 300 years apart, I think the figures are similar enough for an identification. Looking closely, I believe I see a tail on yours, which would be dispositive. [ATTACH=full]1419123[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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