Medusa Coins - Gorgoneion Coins (original) (raw)

| | | Here's a sampling of the most affordable ancient Greek and Roman coins, plus ancient and modern copies of them, depicting a portrait of Medusa. | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Kamarina, Sicily, bronze onkia (AE 14), c. 413-405 BC. O: Medusa with tongue protruding, R: Owl holding lizard. Sear Greek 1064. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Neapolis, Macedonia, classical hemidrachm (1.9g), c. 411-348 BC. O: Medusa with tongue protruding and hair of snakes, R: Female head, possibly Artemis (goddess of the hunt and the night), with head bound in cord. Sear Greek 1417. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, Type 1 drachm (3.4g), c. 450-400 BC. R: Big-cheeked Medusa with tongue protruding, beaded hair, and crown of snakes, O: Anchor with crayfish to left, A monogram to right. Sear Greek 1655. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | New York Hoard forgery of Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, Type 1 drachm (3.4g). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Apollonia Pontika, Thrace, Type 6 drachm (3.4g), c. 450-400 BC. R: Round-faced Medusa with tongue protruding, straight hair parted in middle, and crown of snakes, O: Anchor with crayfish to left, A monogram to right. Dewing 1275. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Parion, Mysia, archaic drachm (4.0g), c. 480 BC. O: Medusa with tongue protruding, R: Incuse punch. Sear Greek 3917. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Thracian barbarous imitation of Parion, Mysia, archaic hemidrachm (3.2g), c. 5th century BC. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bulgarian School forgery of Parion, Mysia, archaic hemidrachm (3.0g). | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Parion, Mysia, classical hemidrachm (2.0g), c. 350-300 BC. R: Medusa with tongue protruding and snakes circling head, O: Bull looking back, crayfish.Sear 3922v., SNG France 1388. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek fourree (plated ancient counterfeit) of Parion, Mysia, classical hemidrachm (1.9g), with exposed bronze interior. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Selge, Pisidia, trihemiobol (0.8g), c. 370-360 BC. O: Medusa with tongue protruding, R: Athena. Sear Greek 5473. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Greek Selge, Pisidia, trihemiobol (0.9g), c. 4th century BC. O: Medusa with long hair resembling Apollo or Helios, R: Athena. Sear Greek 5478. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Roman L. Plautius Plancus denarius (3.9g), c. 47 BC. O: Medusa (beautiful) smiling, "Lucius Plautius," R: Aurora, goddess of the dawn, (or Victory) conducting the four horses of the sun, "Plancus." Sear Millennium Edition 429. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Roman fourree (plated ancient counterfeit) of L. Plautius Plancus denarius (2.9g). Here are other pages of mine on Ancient Fourree Counterfeits. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ancient Celtic drachm (1.8g), c. 3rd to 2nd century BC, O: Medusa with tongue protruding, R: Stylized, curvilinear horse and rider. Göbl OTA Table 18 No. 225. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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