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Figure III-6-aeg-002. Octogonal aegis with snakes-fringe and gorgoneion (the severed head of Gorgon Medusa).

Item: Material: Denomination
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Mint: Issuer/Authority: Historical Period,
Date:
Collection:
A. Gold Didrachm/decalitron
(reverse)
Syracuse,
Sicily
Dionysius I
(r. 405-367 BC) (?)
Middle Classical,
405-400 BC
Private
B. Gold Didrachm/decalitron
(reverse)
Syracuse,
Sicily
Dionysius I
(r. 405-367 BC) (?)
Middle Classical,
405-400 BC
Private
C. Gold Didrachm/decalitron
(reverse)
Syracuse,
Sicily
Dionysius I
(r. 405-367 BC) (?)
Middle Classical,
405-400 BC
Private
D. Gold Didrachm/decalitron
(reverse)
Syracuse,
Sicily
Dionysius I
(r. 405-367 BC) (?)
Middle Classical,
405-400 BC
Private
E. Gold Didrachm/decalitron
(reverse)
Syracuse,
Sicily
Dionysius I
(r. 405-367 BC) (?)
Middle Classical,
405-400 BC
British Museum,
London
F. Gold Didrachm/decalitron
(reverse)
Syracuse,
Sicily
Dionysius I
(r. 405-367 BC) (?)
Middle Classical,
405-400 BC
Staatliche Museen,
Berlin

Source-Image(s): British Museum (www.britishmuseum.org; © The Trustees of the British Museum): E (1946,0101.1418); Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett (www.ikmk.smb.museum; © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin): F (18205544); Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © ACSearch.info and the original holders): A (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 64, 17 May 2012, Lot 723), B (Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 100, 7 October 2015, Lot 10), C (Gemini, Auction V, 6 January 2009, Lot 460), D (Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 146, 25 May 2009, Lot 36). The representative scale is not universal. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page.

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