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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8544923, member: 128351"]It is an interesting theory worthy to be discussed. How would you explain, then, that bronze coins were also minted with the same bridled horse head seen from three quarters but without the corn-ear and with the head of Athena (Minerva) on obverse? (NMC)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1509478[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The bridled horse head seen from three-quarters (that's an important point in my opinion) is a reverse type first used on Thessalian coins of the 5th c. BCE. Without the bridle, it has been later widely used on Siculo-Punic tetradrachms. The bridled horse head seen from three quarters was also used in the late 4th c. BCE by the Greek artist who painted Alexander and Darius at the battle of Gaugamele, reproduced on the Alexander mosaic of Herculanum: Bucephalus is depicted like this. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1509479[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These Roman silver coins were very likely minted in Campania for circulation in Campania and other Greek or hellenized areas of Italy. Could an allusion to a typically Roman rite have any signification for non-Romans?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8544923, member: 128351"]It is an interesting theory worthy to be discussed. How would you explain, then, that bronze coins were also minted with the same bridled horse head seen from three quarters but without the corn-ear and with the head of Athena (Minerva) on obverse? (NMC) [ATTACH=full]1509478[/ATTACH] The bridled horse head seen from three-quarters (that's an important point in my opinion) is a reverse type first used on Thessalian coins of the 5th c. BCE. Without the bridle, it has been later widely used on Siculo-Punic tetradrachms. The bridled horse head seen from three quarters was also used in the late 4th c. BCE by the Greek artist who painted Alexander and Darius at the battle of Gaugamele, reproduced on the Alexander mosaic of Herculanum: Bucephalus is depicted like this. [ATTACH=full]1509479[/ATTACH] These Roman silver coins were very likely minted in Campania for circulation in Campania and other Greek or hellenized areas of Italy. Could an allusion to a typically Roman rite have any signification for non-Romans?[/QUOTE]
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