Nice coins there! I am completely taken aback by the ratio of the figures Man and Lion on the one-half Lek. If that was an african lion, then the man would be about 12 to 14 feet high. A great center for any basketball team!
However if the man is normal at 6feet3inches average height, then the lion would be the size of a small dog! wow!
Whatever it is, the artwork is sufficiently lacking in all the important proportions
Still it is an interesting thread when it gets to gold. Thank you for the coin pics and holiday cheers to all!!
What is being portrayed is Hercules fighting the Nemean lion. Since Hercules was a demi-god maybe he would have been
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What is being portrayed is Hercules fighting the Nemean lion. Since Hercules was a demi-god maybe he would have been
12 to 14 feet high.