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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 6540052, member: 10461"]I believe that’s a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern" rel="nofollow">wyvern</a> or <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk" rel="nofollow">basilisk</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit- no, because of the rooster head, I suppose it could be a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice" rel="nofollow">cockatrice</a>. But basilisks do have chickenheads at times, I think, so that could be the intention. (Edit #2- the coin is from <i>Basel</i>. So yep, that’s a basilisk.)</p><p><br /></p><p>(I get my dragonesque mythical beasties mixed up sometimes because their portrayals in art vary so widely.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, it’s a cool critter, and a lovely coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 6540052, member: 10461"]I believe that’s a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern']wyvern[/URL] or [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk']basilisk[/URL]. Edit- no, because of the rooster head, I suppose it could be a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice']cockatrice[/URL]. But basilisks do have chickenheads at times, I think, so that could be the intention. (Edit #2- the coin is from [I]Basel[/I]. So yep, that’s a basilisk.) (I get my dragonesque mythical beasties mixed up sometimes because their portrayals in art vary so widely.) Regardless, it’s a cool critter, and a lovely coin.[/QUOTE]
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