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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:04, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Philippeioi[edit]

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... that on some Celtic imitations of the Kingdom of Macedonia's gold philippeioi (pictured), the chariot on the reverse side was replaced by a single horse sporting a humanoid head?

Created/expanded by ZX95 (talk). Self nom at 06:48, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Review 1

Like the coin you have described and photographed, this article is solid gold. ClaudeReigns (talk) 10:30, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

Well, the photo wasn't really me, but thank you! ∴ ZX95 ^[discuss] 14:32, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm not entirely sure the hook (or article) is correct when it says "sporting a second, humanoid head". What the source says: "while the charioteer might become a nightmare monster sprawling over the one remaining horse, which sometimes acquired a sub-human head". I read this as saying that the horse sometimes had a humanoid head instead of a horse head, rather than had two separate heads, one horse and one sub-human. In which case the hook should probably read "a single horse sporting a humanoid head", and the article changed to match. Or even "a monster on a humanoid-headed horse". Thoughts? BlueMoonset (talk) 19:47, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

I think "sporting a humanoid head" is good, since it's accurate regardless of how one reads the source. I've changed it in the hook, and I'll fix it in the article too if necessary. Cheers, ∴ ZX95 ^[discuss] 01:06, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Both hook and article have been adjusted as noted, so hook and article now agree with underlying source. Restoring approval. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:29, 17 December 2012 (UTC)