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SICILY, Himera. ca 430-420 BC. Æ Hemilitron. Gorgoneion with protruding tongue & furrowed cheeks / Six pellets, two triangular wedges between rows. Calciati 16.
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Gorgoneion.
[Imhoof, Kl. M., p. 309, Nos. 4f.]
ΕΣΤ or no inscr. Head of Athena; incuse square.
AR 16.4 grs. or less.
Gorgoneion.
Head of Athena: square border of dots; incuse square.
AR 22 grs.
Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with gorgoneion.
Rev: [...]MVP
Emperor standing left on right, sacrificing over altar, Nike standingbehind crowning him with laurel wreath.
(SNG von Aulock 8006v) ...
Obv. A
Anchor, crayfish to r.
Rev. -- Gorgoneion
3.41 g
Sear 1655v, BMC Black Sea 162v; aEF, toned.
Nero, AE Quadrans, c.63, Issue II, Rome
NERO CLA_V CAESAR AVG GER
Helmet right, on column, against which leans round shield with gorgoneion design, transverse spear behind
PON M TR-P IMP P P
Upright olive branch
14mm x 15mm, 2.37g
RIC I, 129 (S) ...
GB290. Cilicia, Mallos, 375-360 BC, AE11. Triptolemos head rt./Gorgoneion, Lindgren 1540. Near centered, olive green patina, clear portraits, Very Fine....$70 Photo ...
A small cloak or breastplate, generally draped over armour, most often associated with the Greek goddess Athena, and later with her Roman counterpart, Minerva. It usually displays a gorgon's head or 'gorgoneion'
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The symbols used on these heterogeneous issues, according to Barclay Head in his 1911 book Historia Numorum, include a gorgoneion, bucranium, prow, trophy, rudder, cornucopia, wreath, Corinthian helmet, trident, and stern of galley.
 See also: Seated, Wreath, Struck, Coinage, Eagle
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