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Molinari:
Pighius' illustration for his argument that the man-faced bull is an agricultural allegory, from:

Pighius, Stephanus Vinandus, Silvester Pardo, and Andreas Schottus. 1615. Annales Magistratvvm Et Provinciar. S. P. Q. R. Ab Vrbe Condita: Incomparabili Labore Et Indvstria Ex Avctorvm Antiqvitatvmq. Varieis Monimenteis Svppleti Per Stephanvm Vinandvm Pighivm Campensem ; In Qveis Reipvblicae Mvtationes Potestatvm Ac Imperiorvm Svccessiones Acta Leges Bella Clades Victoriae Manibiae Atq. Trivmphi Nec Non Inlvstria Stemmata Familiarvmq. Propagines Ad Annos Et Tempora Sva Redvcvntvr ; Opus non solùm Historiæ Rom. Artiumq[ue] liberalium sed etiam omnis humani Iuris & antiqui Politeumatis studiosis vtilissimum. Antverpiae: Officina Plantiniana.

Molinari:
And here is the illustration from La Chau and Le Blonde:

La Chau, Géraud de, Le Blond, and François Thomas Marie de Baculard d' Arnaud. 1780. Description des principales pierres gravées du cabinet de S.A.S. Monseigneur le duc d'Orleans. Paris: Pissot. p.126.

If you've never looked through this book, I recommend you do so.  Some of the best coin illustrations I've ever seen!

JBF:
What is Pighius' argument?

Molinari:
More or less an argument that it is not Achelous, with the likely alternative being a general agricultural allegory.  I haven't read his argument (Latin) but I read La Chau and Le Blonde (French), and according to Eckhel they are all very similar.

JBF:
If you find anymore details about the allegory or a translation of it, please PM me.

What does La Chau and Le Blonde say?  (I don't read French).

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