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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 7645750, member: 93702&quot;]Wonderful and interesting!!!.. amazing coin!</p><p>Seems there are many types of &quot;anguiped&quot; deities. </p><p>A google search of &quot;Anguipede&quot; results in a Wikipedia article that adds to the weirdness ... including mentioning one with a &quot;head of a rooster&quot; ..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1314719[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Anguiped</b> is a kind of divinity that is often found on magical amulets from the Greco-Roman period, and is characterized by having serpents for legs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Abraxas, the most common kind of Anguiped, is depicted as a creature with the head of a rooster and snakes for legs, symbolism thought to be of Persian origin. Sometimes inscribed below is <i>Iao</i>, a form of the Tetragrammaton – the four letters used to represent the name of the God of Judaism. Such amulets, as well as the usage of the name <i>Iao</i> repeatedly in magical papyri, curse tablets, gems, and other amulets, provide evidence of syncretic cults combining elements of Judaism with paganism. In the Talmud, people who turned away from Judaism to such cults are referred to as <i>minim</i> – often translated as &quot;heretics&quot; or &quot;apostates&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguiped" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguiped" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguiped</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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