an ancient gold coin with a woman's head on the front, and a black background
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Gold Medallion with a portrait of Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, Roman (Aboukir, Egypt) 242-243 CE

The back depicts a nereid (sea nymph), perhaps Thetis, mother of Achilles, riding on a hippocamp, a mythical sea creature. Photographed at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.
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