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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 2308090, member: 57495&quot;]While what JA says is true, I think it&#039;s been pointed out before in a past thread that the head of the statue, disproportionately small, probably originally belonged to another statue. </p><p><br /></p><p>While not Classically a godlike body, I bet the gladiator or boxer who likely served as the model for it did some serious damage in the arena and had his share of screaming fans back in the day. Here&#039;s another warrior with a non-godlike body. I think they called him, without irony, The American Dream.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]464837[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ps. I prefer if I&#039;m not asked why I have a pic of him superimposed over a grid of my coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>With apologies to MM - nice coin and thanks for the great writeup![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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