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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 3023698, member: 88526&quot;]That&#039;s an Aegis (head of Medusa).&nbsp; From Forum&#039;s Numiswiki:</p><p><br /></p><p>AEGIS. - This, according to the Greek etymology of the word, was the skin of a <i>goat</i>; some authors affirming it to be that of the goat <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Amalthea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Amalthea" rel="nofollow">Amalthea</a>, others pretending it to have been the skin of the destructive monster, Aegis, whom <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Minerva" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Minerva" rel="nofollow">Minerva</a> fought and slew - after which she is said to have placed its skin over her breast, partly to serve as a garment, partly as a protection against dangers, but also as a lasting evidence of her bravery: in the sequel she placed on it the snake-haired head of Medusa. Roman<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Roman%20Emperors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Roman%20Emperors" rel="nofollow"> </a>Emperors often appear, in their status and on their coins, with their chests covered with the Aegis as with a <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Cuirass" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Cuirass" rel="nofollow">cuirass</a>; and several coins of Domitian and of Trajan exhibit those Emperors, with the head&nbsp; of Medusa&nbsp; affixed to the bust, as part&nbsp; of the body armour.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a great sub-collection to get Emperors with the Aegis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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