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The Ancient Ophidian Iconography Resource (Mundus Vetus, 3000 BC - 650 AD) |
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| Figure III-6-aeg-008. Octogonal aegis with snakes-fringe and gorgoneion (the severed head of Gorgon Medusa). |
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| Gold | Didrachm/decalitron (reverse) | Syracuse, Sicily |
Dionysius I (r. 405-367 BC) (?) |
Middle Classical, 405-400 BC |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Source-Image(s): Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (www.mfa.org; © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston): Inventory № 32.541. The full list of numismatic and exonumic images' sources is available on the Coins introductory page. |
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