This is a great break-time Racing Extravaganza! LEAGUE OF PIGS! POST YOUR PIGS! Iberia - Castulo AE14 Quarter Unit Bust - BOAR w-star 2nd C BCE Campania CAPUA AE Uncia 216-211 BCE Diana Boar Hannibal capital Italia SCARCE Great Racing! POST YOUR PIGS!
One of the coins that made me shift to ancients. I was just curious about them, I was browsing forums and auctions, I bought some just for curiosity, but seeing this made me start a new direction. RIC II Vespasian 986 Titus AD 79-81. Rome Denarius AR 20 mm., 2,43 g. Obverse Legend: T CAESAR VESPASIANVS Type: Head of Titus, laureate, right Reverse Legend: IMP XIII Type: Sow left, with three piglets Kyzicus, Mysia, AR hemiobol, After 480 BC, Forepart of boar left, tunny upward behind. / Lion head roaring left, small facing panther head above. Rosen 522 And my newest addition, on the road. Klazomenai, Ionia, AR diobol. 499-494 BC. Forepart of winged boar right / Quatripartite incuse square. BMC 14; SNG von Aulock 1983; SNG Copenhagen 6-8; Sear 3503.
TI VETURIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VETURIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Helmeted bust of Mars right REVERSE: Youth kneeling l., between two warriors who touch with their swords a pig which he holds., ROMA above Struck at Rome 137 BC 3.7g, 18mm Cr.234/1; RSC Veturia 1
Arpi Ae 22 325-275 BC obv Head of Zeus left laureate Rv. Boar standing right in defensive posture. HN 642 HGC 534 7.53 grms 22mm Photo by W. Hansen I recall buying this coin at the San Francisco show in December of 2013.
Here's one of the few coins in my collection to depict a pig of any kind. It's one of my favorite coins, though: Philip II as Caesar, AD 244-247. Roman provincial Æ 25.2 mm, 7.72 g, 6 h. Phrygia, Laodicea ad Lycum, Sardis Workshop, AD 244-247. Obv: •Μ•ΙΟVΛΙ••ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ•Κ•, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II, right, seen from front. Rev: ΛΑΟΔΙΚЄ|ΩΝ ΝЄ|ΩΚΟΡΩΝ, river Caprus as boar and river Lycus as wolf seated back to back, heads facing each other. Refs: BMC 25.324,260 (same rev. die); RG 6326 (same obv. die); RPC VIII unassigned, ID 20777; SNG Cop 607; SNG Leypold 1678.
Schweidnitz Boar's Head Heller Silesia, City of Schweidnitz ~1390-1450 Obv: Boar's Head, right, long tusks protruding with large eye. Rev: Incuse of obverse. .23g, ~13mm Saurma 212
Nice coins all! These are mine: Kyzikos, Mysia. AR Obol. Ca. 450 - 400 B.C Obverse: Forepart of boar left, retrograde E on body, tunny fish swimming upwards behind. Reverse: Head of roaring lion left, within shallow incuse square. Reference: SNG Von Aulock 7333 0,93g; 14mm Demetrios I Soter (162-150 B.C.) AE Denomination A. uncertain mint "83", possibly in Cilicia or somewhere in northern Syria. Struck ca. 155-150 B.C. Obverse: Head of a lion with open jaws to left. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΣΩΤΗΡΟΣ Head of a boar to right; behind, monogram. Reference: CSE 2, 415. HGC 9, 823. SC 1660.a. 14.79g; 25mm
Pigs, sows, and boars, oh my! Mysia, Kyzikos Ti. Veturius Sulpicius Galba M. Volteius Hosidius Geta Titus Caesar
nice group of cast pigs! This was my first cast coin with a coin turn or 180 degree rotation. Most are like yours with medal turn or 0 degree rotation.