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<p>[QUOTE="Michael Stolt, post: 6447635, member: 100445"]Sharing an ex coin from my collection that fits the theme:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256347[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>T. Carisius</b>. 46 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g). Rome mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling, tied with bands.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Sphinx seated right; T • CARISIVS above, III • VIR in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: Crawford 464/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance: Ex Aureo & Calicó Auction 319 – Alba Longa, vol. I (7 November 2018), lot 223, Ex Sotheby's "Greek and Roman coins" (28 October 1993), lot 1385.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Stolt, post: 6447635, member: 100445"]Sharing an ex coin from my collection that fits the theme: [ATTACH=full]1256347[/ATTACH] [B]T. Carisius[/B]. 46 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.80 g). Rome mint. Obverse: Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling, tied with bands. Reverse: Sphinx seated right; T • CARISIVS above, III • VIR in exergue. Reference: Crawford 464/1 Provenance: Ex Aureo & Calicó Auction 319 – Alba Longa, vol. I (7 November 2018), lot 223, Ex Sotheby's "Greek and Roman coins" (28 October 1993), lot 1385.[/QUOTE]
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