The Mythological Creatures of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
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Walking down the street you may see a lion on a prominent building at the center. As you walk further down on Wall Street, you see the charging bull. You look up at a sign and you see a Griffin combined with a logo. You pull out a quarter dollar out of your pocket and see an eagle. You pass by the Armani store, you see the medusa head. You pick up a sandwich and see the Boar's head logo. You look up your horoscope and you see another intriguing mythical creature. All around you, you start realizing that certain symbols are as old as civilization themselves.
Mythical creatures are all around you.Connect tot he ancient past and learn more about the symbolism behind them by studying ancient Greek and Roman coins. Each one is an area of exploration all on it's own. Many twists and turns await you as you explore a world of mystery and intrigue. You may never see the modern world the same.
- Capricorn Ancient Coins, Augustus being a Capricorn minted this on his coins; so did Vespasian; also it was used as a legionary symbol and so much more. Great creature, connected with a astrology and mythology.
- Centaur on ancient Greek and Roman coins can also represent the Astrological Symbol or the Constellation, Cheiron was the most famous of them with an interesting story behind him.
- Pegasus, the mythical flying horse on ancient Greek and Roman coins
- Phoenix, the legendary fire bird, originating in Egyptian mythology, on ancient Roman coins
- Chimera, the legendary beast that is part lion, part goat, part snake on ancient Greek and Roman coins
- Sphinx, the lion with the head of man, was depicted on many ancient Greek coins
- Hippocamp, the mythical sea horse, half horse, half fish on ancient Greek coins
- Satyr, the creature of the forest, man with legs of goat, whom ran around the forest to chase down and ravish nymphs on ancient Greek and Roman coins
- Nymph, beautiful female deities, which were featured on ancient Greek coins
- Nemean Lion, the lion with skin that no weapon could penetrate, that Hercules had to strangle and use it's own claw to skin on Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
- Calydonian Boar or pig
- Eagle. The Eagle was known to be bird of Zeus or Jupiter.
- Bull which can be interpreted as the Taurus
- Cow which can be interpreted as the symbol of fertility such on coins of Apollonia nd Dyrrhachium
- Griffin, half eagle half lion protector creature
- Crab which can be interpreted as the astrological symbol of Cancer
- Serpent which is often depicted as being entwined around the rod of Asclepius, the god of medicine; also sometimes depicted nibmate (with a halo); and also entwined around the central leg of the tripod of Apollo; also on coins of Julius Caesar with the elephant elephant who tramples it; also Hercules as a baby is sometimes depicted on coins wrestling the serpent; There is a story of Athena also having a "child" which was a serpent, named Erichtonius.
- Medusa was a monster of Ancient mythology, whose hair was of serpents and could turn men into stone. She was was slain by Perseus.
- Gorgon or Gorgoneion was also a mythical monster. What is interesting is that she is depicted as being placed on a shield or breastplate of Athena and even the
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