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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4626291, member: 57495"]A coin with Medusa and a bunch of horses' heads would seem to be appropriate. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144999[/ATTACH]<b>ROMAN REPUBLIC</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 4.03g, 18mm. Rome mint, 47 BC, L. Plautius Plancus, moneyer. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b. O: L.PLAVTIVS, facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair. R: Aurora flying right, holding a palm branch and conducting the four horses of the Sun; PLANCVS below.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's my latest centaur...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145000[/ATTACH]<b>BITHYNIA, KINGS OF. Prusias II Cynegus</b></p><p>AE21. 5.53g, 20.8mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. SNG Copenhagen 636-7; Lafaille 430 (<i>this coin</i>); HGC 7, 629. O: Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. R: [BAΣI]ΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY, Chiron the Centaur advancing right, playing kithara; to lower right, monogram.</p><p><i>Ex CGB Monnaeies 49, 30 June 2011, lot 201; ex stock Crédit de la Bourse, 1993; ex Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen & Medaillen 76, 19-20 September 1991, lot 430)</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4626291, member: 57495"]A coin with Medusa and a bunch of horses' heads would seem to be appropriate. :D [ATTACH=full]1144999[/ATTACH][B]ROMAN REPUBLIC[/B] AR Denarius. 4.03g, 18mm. Rome mint, 47 BC, L. Plautius Plancus, moneyer. Crawford 453/1c; CRI 29a; Sydenham 959b. O: L.PLAVTIVS, facing mask of Medusa with disheveled hair. R: Aurora flying right, holding a palm branch and conducting the four horses of the Sun; PLANCVS below. And here's my latest centaur... [ATTACH=full]1145000[/ATTACH][B]BITHYNIA, KINGS OF. Prusias II Cynegus[/B] AE21. 5.53g, 20.8mm. Nikomedia mint, circa 182-149 BC. SNG Copenhagen 636-7; Lafaille 430 ([I]this coin[/I]); HGC 7, 629. O: Head of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. R: [BAΣI]ΛEΩΣ - ΠΡΟYΣIOY, Chiron the Centaur advancing right, playing kithara; to lower right, monogram. [I]Ex CGB Monnaeies 49, 30 June 2011, lot 201; ex stock Crédit de la Bourse, 1993; ex Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen & Medaillen 76, 19-20 September 1991, lot 430)[/I][/QUOTE]
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