Favorite horse

This horse's head from Cartage is the nicest I could find. Any better profile ?

 

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That is a BEAUTIFUL coin @PMONNEY ... looks great, centered, and stands out well. What is the weight and size? My bronzes are generally rough, and not as crisp as yours! Glad you were able to learn how to post (it was not easy for me to find the start thread button when I began ), as you have some great coins to share!

 

I like horses on coins, but I don't want to own one in real life. Your horse is excellent.

 

Size:27mm., weight 13,40 gr. Best regards.

 

easier to feed and ride !

 

None that I have are better, unless I show my Carthage AR or AV. However, these are my Carthage AE Horse-Heads:


Carthage 3rd C BC AE 20 Sardinia Mint Tanit-Kore Horse Hd Pellet


Carthage Zeugitana Tanit Horse Hd Punic Letter M S 6525


Carthage Zeugitana 250-200 BC AE 20 Tanit Horse Head


Carthage Zeugitana 250-200 BC 2nd Punic AE 18 Tanit Horse Hd


Bruttium Carthage occupation Hannibal Italy 215-205 BC 2nd Punic AE 19 Tanit Horse Hd RARE

 

THAT is a big'un! Very nice!

 

Wow, that's a poor photo, but I great OP-coin!! (congrats, PMONNEY)

Hey, I'm pretty sure that there's a similar coin-thread running in parallel to this cool thread ... but hey, I'll toss-in a few sweet horse-profiles (yup, showing-off horse coins never gets old, eh?)



PMONNEY => again, congrats on a great new OP horse addition!!



Horse-coins rock!!

 

Awesome stuff

 

@TIF come on, where is yours?

 

Sorry, Pish-- I'm running behind and haven't been able to keep up with CoinTalk this week. Hopefully I'll catch up in a few days

As for favorite horse, hmm. Just one?

Favorite Carthage horse:


ZEUGITANA, Carthage
early 2nd century BCE
AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei above
Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12



Favorite solo Greek horse (I'll refrain from favorite quadriga, favorite winged horse, favorite seahorse, etc)


KINGS OF MACEDON, Philip II. 356-336 BCE
AR tetradrachm. 24mm, 14.20 gm, 12h
Pella, 342-336 BCE
Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, youth, holding palm and reins, on horseback right, thunderbolt below, N in exergue
Ref: Le Rider 222-306. SNG ANS 385-95
ex Colosseo Collection

 

Great horses everyone!

OK, time for a Roman horse.



Domitian Caesar
AR Denarius, 3.46g
Rome mint, 73 AD
RIC V541 (R2), BMC V129 var., RSC 664
Obv: CAES AVG F DOMIT COS II; Head of Domitian, laureate, bearded, r.
Rev: No legend; Domitian on horse l.; r. hand raised, sceptre in l.
Ex Gemini X, 13 January 2013, Harry N. Sneh Collection, lot 701. Purchased from Helios, ebay, 29 November 2010 (A. Lynn Collection).

 

Oh, I thought it was horse's head profile?

... hmmm, I may have to add some more later-on (if I have time)

 

Carthage Horse Head:

Carthage - Zeugitana
AV 1-10th Stater-Shekel
350-320 BCE
0.94g, 7.5mm
Palm
Horse Head

 

All these are a matter of opinion. My one with the best surfaces has a terribly flat strike. We love our homely children also.

 

Great horses, all! I must admit, though, that I'm trying to figure out how that giant Japanese pteranodon of Alegandron's found its way into this thread...

 

LOL, that is AWESOME!!! I thought I was going to get hammered at how TERRIBLE it is... LOL, this is even BETTER!

 

Perhap new username idea: Aleg-Rodan?

 

Hmmm... you inspired me to a new Avatar...