Ancient Coin Animals by Alphabet

Flying pig works for B as in Boar. Horse day is Thursday

 

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Nice coins everyone. I look forward to each and every letter and the pics that come with them.
Doug H.

 

Oh my god !
Steve, it's breakfast time here in Europe, putting my eyes on that "coin" makes me sick for the whole day, even though I like to eat frogs legs.
I will stick to ancients

Q

 

Updated list through the letter F:

Blue: shown but not owned
Red: mythological
Green: not ancient

Antelope
Aquila/eagle
Ass
Bear
Bee
Bird
Bison
Boar
Bull
Butterfly
Camel
Chimera
Centaur
Cobra/Uraeus
Cockle/Clam
Cow
Crab
Crocodile
Crow
Doe/Deer
Dog
Dolphin
Dove
Dragon
Eagle
Elephant
Fish
Fly
Fox
Frog


Now it's time to get your G on!

G is for Goose


MACEDON, Eion
460-400 BCE
AR trihemiobol; 0.74g, 12mm
Obv: goose standing right, head reverted; lizard above
Rev: quadripartite incuse square
Ref: Cf. SNG ANS 287

Hmm, goats. At the moment I only have a hemigoat, part of the Sikyon stater chimera. A digoat may be delivered today, after taking a month to arrive from a nearly antipodal shipping origin. Fingers crossed .

 

Honk-onk-onk!!

=> "G"OOSE

Macedon, Eion, AR Drachm (Trihemiobol?)
500-400 BC
Goose & Lizard (incuse square)



Macedon, Eion, AR, Obol (Tritartemorion?)
500-400 BC
Geese with Ivy (incuse square)

 

"G"RASSHOPPER

Lucania, Velia AR Nomos
300-280 BC
Athena & Lion w. prey and Grasshopper (above)

 

Oooh, grasshopper! Good one

G is also for griffin/gryphon.


LUCANIA, Velia
305-290 BCE
AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm
Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left, A
Rev: YEΛHTΩN; lion standing on exergual line; above dolphin between I and Φ
Ref: SNG ANS 1375-6


PONTOS, Amisos
85-65 BCE, time of Mithradates VI Eupator
AE29, 19.5 gm
Obv: helmeted head of Athena right; griffin on helmet
Rev: AMI-ΣOY; Perseus standing facing, holding harpa & Medusa's head; Medusa's body at his feet, monograms flanking him
Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 1166; Stancomb 684; SNG Copenhagen 137 (best guess)

 

"G"OAT

Aeolis, Aegae, AE18
300-200 BC
Apollo & Goat Head




Philip V, AE20
221-179 BC
Heracles & Two Goats


... I have more goats and gryphons, but I gotta go to work (I'll post 'em later)

 

Well, let's goat then :



Philippus II, Antoninianus minted in Rome, AD 248, 3rd officina, for the millenium
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and draped bust right
SAECVLARES AVGG, goat walking left, III at exergue
4,59 gr
Cohen # 72, RCV # 9275



Valerian II, antoninianus Cologne mint, AD 257-258
VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust of Valerian junior right
IOVI CRESCENTI, Young Jupiter on back of goat Amalthea right
3.66 gr


And I just happened to show my griffin in the Gallienus post, but I can do it again here.


Gallienus, Antoninianus Rome mint
IMP GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
APOLLINI CONS AVG, Griffin left. II at exergue
3.18 gr
Ref : Cohen # 77, RCV # 10180v, Göbl # 718z

Q

 

YES.....I have one to offer. Goose!

 

I received this little griffin of Teos recently, which was not actually acquired for the griffin, but rather because the reverse is possibly an unpublished variety. I'm still looking for it in the books...

 

I missed fish somehow.

Here are a couple for G

Gryphon and Goats

 

Terrific 'animal menagerie' !!!

Even with mythological types, it seems I have to wait until the letter 'S'...

 

I love the one of Jupiter riding the goat haha!

 

Young Pan on a goat...


SICILY, Himera
AE Tetras

 

Ok, i dropped the ball on the Fish, just went off info on the flip. so new day and i have a couple to show...

Gallienus ..253-268 AD.
Ae,Antoninianus,
Rev. Goat with beard standing right.
21mmx 3.32g.



Gallienus 253-268 AD.
Ae, Anton.
Rev. Kathy Gryphon walking right. they say gryphon walking right is rarer then walking left!!
17mm x 1.98.g.

 

EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian AE Obol 129-30 AD Griffin right.
FORVM

Referentie. very rare; R4
Emmett 1159.14; Dattari 7957; BMC Alexandria p. 97, 829; Geissen -; Kampmann-Ganschow -; SNG Cop -; SNG Milan -

Obv. AVT KAI - TRAI A∆PIA CEB
Laureate bust right, wearing aegis

Rev. across field LI-∆ (year 14)
Griffin seated right, left forepaw on wheel.

4.919 gr
Max. 19.7 mm
Die axis 270o

 

Me want.

 

I have one of these waiting for my return.