Thanks Keles. There are certainly many
lion types from Samos but on the
ANS example (I think) you can see bovine ears and horns (see my
red lines). In fact, Dr. Wartenburg said to ignore the write-up on the
ANS database because it accidentally lists
lion per the
Pozzi specimen (she thinks it is a
bull herself, but is interested in the Acheloios idea). Perhaps the similarity in eyes is due to the engraver being used to engraving
lion eyes (but either way I believe they are far too close together for
bull eyes).