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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4626511, member: 110350"]Two Medusas and a centaur:</p><p><br /></p><p>Thrace, Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Upright anchor with large flukes and curved stock; “A” [for Apollonia] to left and crayfish to right between flukes and stock / Rev. Facing gorgoneion (Medusa), wavy hair parted in middle, 16 thin, open-mouthed snakes around head as additional hair or crown, puffy cheeks, mouth open, tongue protruding (but not extending below chin), all within shallow incuse. Goldsborough Type 3 [Goldsborough, Reid, <i>Apollonia Pontika Drachms</i> (see <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000124/http:/medusacoins.reidgold.com/apollonia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000124/http:/medusacoins.reidgold.com/apollonia.html" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000124/http://medusacoins.reidgold.com/apollonia.html</a>), Catalogue of Types]; Seaby 1655 <i>var. </i>(crayfish to left, A to right) [Sear, David, <i>Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 1: Europe</i> (Seaby 1978); Topalov 41-42 [Topalov, Stavri, <i>Apollonia Pontika: Contribution to the Study of the Coin Minting of the City 6th - 1st c. B.C., Catalogue of Apollonia Coins, 7th-1st c. B.C. </i>(Sofia, 2007) (English Translation, Kindle edition)]; BMC 15 Mysia 8-10 [Wroth, Warwick, <i>A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia</i> (London, 1892) at pp. 8-9]; SNG.BM.159; see also id. Nos. 154-158 [<i>Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea</i> (London, 1993)] [online ID <a href="http://www.s391106508.websitehome.co.uk/PHP/SNG_PHP/04_03_Reply.php?Series=SNGuk&AccessionNo=0901_0249" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.s391106508.websitehome.co.uk/PHP/SNG_PHP/04_03_Reply.php?Series=SNGuk&AccessionNo=0901_0249" rel="nofollow"><b>SNGuk_0901_0159</b></a> ]. 14 mm., 2.96 g., 3 h.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145029[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic, L. Plautius Plancus, AR Denarius, 47 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Facing head of Medusa with coiled snake on either side of face [<i>bankers’ marks to left of mouth</i>], L. PLAVTIVS below / Rev. Winged Aurora flying right, holding palm frond and conducting the four horses of the sun, PLANCVS below. RSC I Plautia 15, Crawford 453/1a, Sydenham 959, Sear RCV I 429, BMCRR Rome 4004. 18 mm., 4.0 g. [<i>Showing photo of obverse only.</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145027[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (8th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking left holding a globe in extended right hand and a reversed rudder in left hand, with right front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; H [Eta = 8th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 164, RSC IV 73 (ill.), Wolkow 1a8, Göbl MIR [<i>Moneta Imperii Romani</i>] Band 36, No. 738, Sear RCV III 10178. 20 mm., 3.42 g., 12 h.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4626511, member: 110350"]Two Medusas and a centaur: Thrace, Apollonia Pontika, AR Drachm, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Upright anchor with large flukes and curved stock; “A” [for Apollonia] to left and crayfish to right between flukes and stock / Rev. Facing gorgoneion (Medusa), wavy hair parted in middle, 16 thin, open-mouthed snakes around head as additional hair or crown, puffy cheeks, mouth open, tongue protruding (but not extending below chin), all within shallow incuse. Goldsborough Type 3 [Goldsborough, Reid, [I]Apollonia Pontika Drachms[/I] (see [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000124/http:/medusacoins.reidgold.com/apollonia.html']https://web.archive.org/web/20141115000124/http://medusacoins.reidgold.com/apollonia.html[/URL]), Catalogue of Types]; Seaby 1655 [I]var. [/I](crayfish to left, A to right) [Sear, David, [I]Greek Coins and their Values, Vol. 1: Europe[/I] (Seaby 1978); Topalov 41-42 [Topalov, Stavri, [I]Apollonia Pontika: Contribution to the Study of the Coin Minting of the City 6th - 1st c. B.C., Catalogue of Apollonia Coins, 7th-1st c. B.C. [/I](Sofia, 2007) (English Translation, Kindle edition)]; BMC 15 Mysia 8-10 [Wroth, Warwick, [I]A Catalog of the Greek Coins in the British Museum, Vol. 15, Mysia[/I] (London, 1892) at pp. 8-9]; SNG.BM.159; see also id. Nos. 154-158 [[I]Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea[/I] (London, 1993)] [online ID [URL='http://www.s391106508.websitehome.co.uk/PHP/SNG_PHP/04_03_Reply.php?Series=SNGuk&AccessionNo=0901_0249'][B]SNGuk_0901_0159[/B][/URL] ]. 14 mm., 2.96 g., 3 h. [ATTACH=full]1145029[/ATTACH] Roman Republic, L. Plautius Plancus, AR Denarius, 47 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Facing head of Medusa with coiled snake on either side of face [[I]bankers’ marks to left of mouth[/I]], L. PLAVTIVS below / Rev. Winged Aurora flying right, holding palm frond and conducting the four horses of the sun, PLANCVS below. RSC I Plautia 15, Crawford 453/1a, Sydenham 959, Sear RCV I 429, BMCRR Rome 4004. 18 mm., 4.0 g. [[I]Showing photo of obverse only.[/I]] [ATTACH=full]1145027[/ATTACH] Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (8th Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG / Rev. Centaur walking left holding a globe in extended right hand and a reversed rudder in left hand, with right front leg lifted, APOLLINI CONS AVG; H [Eta = 8th Officina] in exergue. RIC V-1 164, RSC IV 73 (ill.), Wolkow 1a8, Göbl MIR [[I]Moneta Imperii Romani[/I]] Band 36, No. 738, Sear RCV III 10178. 20 mm., 3.42 g., 12 h. [ATTACH=full]1145028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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