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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3879453, member: 56859"]I also believe it is her hair although there is room for disagreement <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>The swept back and then turned up hair is known on other coins. Imagine Arethusa's hair under a Corinthian helmet:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/96000012.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=255882" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=255882" rel="nofollow">Image from CNG's archives</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know why Athena's hair is straight (or unbraided) at her forehead and apparently braided further down. Could the area in question be a decorated leather flap? The shape seems right but I don't recall seeing such decorations depicted on leather caps of statues and busts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3879453, member: 56859"]I also believe it is her hair although there is room for disagreement :). The swept back and then turned up hair is known on other coins. Imagine Arethusa's hair under a Corinthian helmet: [IMG]https://www.cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/96000012.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=255882']Image from CNG's archives[/URL] I don't know why Athena's hair is straight (or unbraided) at her forehead and apparently braided further down. Could the area in question be a decorated leather flap? The shape seems right but I don't recall seeing such decorations depicted on leather caps of statues and busts.[/QUOTE]
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