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Nero Æ 20mm of Iconium, Lycaonia. AD 62-65. NЄPѠN KAI[CAP CЄB]ACTOC, laureate head to right / KΛAYΔЄIKONIЄѠN, head of Perseus wearing the Cap of Invisibility to right, with harpa. RPC I 3545; Von Aulock, Lykaoniens, 263-9. 6.36g, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private English collection.
Τhe Cap of Invisibility or the Cap of Hades (Greek: Ἅϊδος κυνέη) was a helmet or cap made of dog's skin that could turn the wearer invisible. Perseus received the Cap of Invisibility from Athena when he went to slay the Gorgon Medusa, which helped him escape her sisters.
Very Fine.
From a private English collection.
Τhe Cap of Invisibility or the Cap of Hades (Greek: Ἅϊδος κυνέη) was a helmet or cap made of dog's skin that could turn the wearer invisible. Perseus received the Cap of Invisibility from Athena when he went to slay the Gorgon Medusa, which helped him escape her sisters.