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| Figure III-6-aeg-003. Goddess Athena wearing crested helmet decorated with serpent, palmette and vegetative tendrils. Octogonal aegis with snakes-fringe and gorgoneion (the severed head of Gorgon Medusa). |
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| Gold | Dilitron (obverse & reverse) |
Syracuse, Sicily |
Dionysius I (r. 405-367 BC) (?) |
Middle Classical, 405-400 BC |
Private |
| Source-Image(s): Ancient Coins Search (www.acsearch.info; © ACSearch.info and the original holders): Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VII, 12 January 2004, Lot 89. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. |
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