| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Why the Man-Faced Bull?; Part I: Concerning the Origin and Identity of the Man-Faced Bull: Section One: On the Origin of Man-Faced Bull Iconography: Chapter I: Paleolithic Art-Iron Age; Chapter II: The Westward Migrations of Man-Faced Bull Iconography; Chapter III: The Iconography and Related Traditions in Early Western Mediterranean Cultures; Chapter IV: The Etruscan and Greek Worlds; Chapter V: Distribution of the Iconography on Greek Coinage; Section Two: On the Identity of the Man-Faced Bull: Chapter VI: Past Arguments for the Identity of the Man-Faced Bull; Chapter VII: The Identity of the Greek Man-Faced Bull; Part II: Catalog of the Bronze Coinage of the Man-Faced Bull: Section Three: SICILY; Section Four: ITALY; Section Five: AKARNANIA; Section Six: REMAINING MINTS; Appendix 1: Joseph Eckhel, 'De tauro cum facie humana,' in Doctrina Numorum Veterum, Vol. 1 (Wien: Ignatius Alberti, 1792). Translated by Curtis Clay, 2013.; Appendix 2: 'The Oxus River God: a man-faced Indian humped bull' by Dr. Lloyd W. H. Taylor' after the title 'The Oxus River God; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This work, 'Potamikon', presents an investigation into the origin and identity of the man-faced bull, as well as a catalogue of coins |
| Notes |
"Title appears on resource with symbol for Greek letter Pi as the first letter." |
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Previously issued in print: 2016 |
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Available through Archaeopress Digital Subscription Service |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 10, 2016) |
| Subject |
Achelous (Greek deity) -- Numismatics.
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| SUBJECT |
Achelous (Greek deity) fast |
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Bronze coins -- Greece -- Catalogs
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Man-faced bulls in numismatics.
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Water gods in numismatics.
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Coinage -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Bronze coins
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Coinage
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Man-faced bulls in numismatics
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Numismatics
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Water gods in numismatics
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Greece
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Molinari, Nicholas J., editor
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Sisci, Nicola, editor
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Archaeopress, publisher.
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| ISBN |
1784914029 |
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9781784914028 |
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