Septimus Elephants with armor elephant Roma is famous about there circus and gladiators, would be nice to see more about the gladiator time
I love the WAFFLE-Elephant @ro1974 ! My only Gladiatorial... Roman Republic 42 BCE Moneyer: L Livineius Regulus (one of 4 Moneyers that year! A quattuorvirate) AR Denarius 3.7g, 19mm Obv: Bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus right Rev: Gladiatorial scene; in foreground, one man attacks lion with spear; in back ground, second man with shield and sword attacks panther; on left, wounded boar; in exergue, L. REGVLVS Ref: Sear 489; Crawford 494/30; Syd. 1112 Comment: bankers mark and scratch on obverse.
I LOVE the OP @ro1974 And I'm still so ENVIOUS of Brian's super cool denarius! Well, here's an elephant that was meant to commemorate the 'games': Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.09 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck January-June AD 80. Laureate head right / Elephant, standing left. RIC II 115; RSC 303. V "For the Romans, the elephant was representative of many different things. As Africa was the prime source of elephants, they naturally came to be a symbol of the territory. Consequently, the personification of Africa was usually represented wearing an elephant’s skin headdress. The elephant’s size, strength, and seemingly impervious hide also made it a natural symbol of power, and it appears in that connection on several Republican denarii, including those of Julius Caesar. Because of its longevity, the elephant was a symbol of eternity. As such, elephants were often employed in processions involving cult statues of deities. The issues of Divus Augustus and Divus Vespasian both show their cult statues being conveyed by such animals. Among the menagerie depicted on the Saeculares issues of Philip I is an elephant, as a hoped-for wish for the continued success of the empire. Therefore, its presence among some of the earliest issues of the Flavians may express the hope that their dynasty, born as a result of Civil War, would endure and bring a sustained period of peace to the empire.The elephant depicted here has also a specific and immediate reference. The elephant represents one of the numerous species displayed in the newly constructed Flavian Amphitheater, better known as the Colosseum, built by prisoners of the First Jewish War on the site of the Domus Aurea of Nero. Opened to the public under Titus in AD 80 and commemorated by Martial in de Spectaculis, the Colosseum was welcomed with great fanfare and games. During the opening ceremonies a great number of animals, including elephants, were both exhibited and slaughtered"
I am just as jealous of your Punic TET! That is fantastic~! I looked at that before. When you posted, I went scrambling to see if I could find one! That Tet type is one of my targets. CONGRATS again!
This was my first coin...my only coin from Antoninus Pius and I wanted it because first AP, elephant reverse, and that it commemorates the games he held during the celebration of his vota decenallia (AD 149). Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161 AE, As, 27mm, 9.3g; 2h; Rome, AD 148-149 Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII; Laureate head right, aegis on left shoulder Rev.: MVNIFICENTIA AVG; elephant walking right with trunk raised In Ex.: COS IIII SC
Now that 'hippo' is another I'm totally jealous of. I tried to grab a couple of the type of late but my almost zero'd out coin balances at the time wouldn't permit me to go quite high enough. And, yes @stevex6 Gandalf is Brian--the proud grandpa (and water-pig lover)
