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Author Topic: Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse  (Read 1977 times)

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Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse
« on: December 28, 2006, 06:48:22 am »
Hi all!
I cannot identify this coin, I think it might be a medusa on the reverse, but couldn't find this reverse.

It's AE18ish.

Thanks!
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Re: Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2006, 07:28:16 am »
Could the reverse be a horseman or a Centaur?    ???

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Re: Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2006, 07:37:47 am »
I have seen this type before! It is Scylla (Skylla) l., with dolphin and holding rudder(?) over shoulder. The obv. seems to be Plautilla. There is a similar coin from Nicomedia but AE21, Rec. Gen. 253. The pic is from Wildwinds.

Comment from Ancient Coin Art: Caracalla had been forced to marry Plautilla and didn't like her, and one can imagine a hidden meaning to a reverse depicting a female monster sporting a hair style remarkably similar to Plautilla's on the obverse

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Re: Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2006, 08:12:27 am »
That's it!
Such a shame it's in such poor condition, it seems to be pretty rare.
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Re: Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2006, 11:04:45 am »
I seriously doubt that Plautilla ordered her own coinage types, even to the extent of having something comparable with the Augusta of the elder Augustus.  Either Septimius's agents or her father's will have had any external say-so that there was.  Nicomedia, on the other hand, shows considerable spirit and playfulness, almost, in the best of its Severan issues.  Ask Jochen to post the link to where he posted his Leda and the SwanPat L.

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Re: Unknown Provincial, Medusa? reverse
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2006, 01:50:53 pm »
Here it is:



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