Rotated one way, it shows an older, bearded, man's face.
Rotated the other way, it shows a clean-shaven head with a leaf-crown.
The image below is an example of shape shifting in the form of a reversible face. Discovered in a woman's tomb at Bad Durkheim in the Hunsruck-Eifel, Germany, this example was found on a sheet-gold ornament dating to the late 5th century or early 4th century B.C.
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Rotated one way, it shows an older, bearded, man's face. |
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Rotated the other way, it shows a clean-shaven head with a leaf-crown. |
Reversible face, Late 5th to early 4th century BC. Gold, 2/3" high.
Source: Miranda Green. Celtic Art. The Everyman Art Library, 1996, p. 83.