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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4870594, member: 110226&quot;]What&#039;s better than one Gorgoneion?&nbsp; Well, two, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always admired the quirky, large cast bronze coins of Olbia, with their wide, relatively thin flans, depicting a Gorgoneion on the obverse, and a sea eagle clutching a dolphin on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had an opportunity to acquire two of these coins recently, with very distinct treatments of the Gorgoneion: one with the tongue protruding, and the other without a protruding tongue.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin had very small patches of bronze disease on the reverse.&nbsp; I&#039;ve treated the coin very conservatively. I do not want to alter the patina, and so far so good, but I am monitoring it for any further evidence of BD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Sea Region, 400-380 BC</p><p>Olbia</p><p>Cast AE 36</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Facing Gorgoneion.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Sea eagle clutching a dolphin, O-Λ-B-I in field.</p><p>Anokhin 184. SNG BM Black Sea 396-8</p><p>21.8 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176101[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is more crudely cast, but still possesses good detail.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Black Sea Region, 400-380 BC</p><p>Olbia</p><p>Cast AE 36</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; Facing Gorgoneion, tongue protruding.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; Sea eagle clutching a dolphin, O-Λ-B-I in field.</p><p>SNG Stancom 346, SNG BMC Black Sea 396-399</p><p>18.1 grams</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176108[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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