Ancients => When I die, I wanna be hauled to my grave by elephants!

Sure, this coin is a bit rough and has a punch-mark on the reverse, but oh my God, how cool is this coin?! (very cool)

I love elephant coins and I also like big ol' sestertius babies ...

=> 33 mm & 25.6 grams o' pachyderm-sweeteness!!

Divus Augustus. Æ Sestertius
Died AD 14
Struck under Tiberius, circa AD 36-37
Rome mint
Diameter: 33 mm
Weight: 25.60 grams
Obverse: Statue of Augustus seated left on throne, holding laurel branch and scepter, set on ornate car drawn by four elephants, each with its own mahout
Reverse: Legend around large S C
Reference: RIC I 68 (Tiberius)
Other: 12h ... Good VF, light brown patina, minor roughness, deep punch mark on reverse
Robert O. Ebert Collection





=> please feel free to post any elephant examples, Augustus examples, or ideally any 'elephants named Augustus' examples ... cheers!

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Great coin.

No decent elephants here worth sharing. The one elephant type I would love to have is a bit beyond my current budgets - ATG tet. with Elepant skin headdress minted under Ptolemy, preferrably by the Delta engraver. Ho hum. Some day.

 

Thanks for the coin-comments, Martin ...

Oh, and I hope that you bag your infamous elephant, some day "soon" (maybe it'll be a package-deal with the dog & snake Papius?)

 

Well, while I'm awaiting your super-cool coin responses, I'm gonna post my other funeral coin ...

Diva Julia Titi. Æ Sestertius
Struck under Domitian
Rome mint
AD 91
Died AD 91
Diameter: 34 mm
Weight: 24.31 grams
Obverse: Carpentum drawn right by two mules
Reverse: Legend around large S C




=> huh, apparently poor ol' Julia Titi was only worth two mules (a far cry from four elephants!!)

 

Very nice coppers !
I'll throw in a fresh Indian Elephant, and raise you a Lion..

 

=> well played, THC ... well played

 

A quadriga of elephants - fabulous!

 

I like elephant coins. Somalia elephant coins are cool too.

 

Very nice Jerry (I haven't called you that in a while). Another great addition.

TITUS AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M, laureate head right
REVERSE: TRP IX IMP XV COS VIII PP, elephant walking left
Struck at Rome, 80 AD
2.5g, 17mm
RIC 115


PHILIP I AE Sestertius
OBVERSE: IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right
REVERSE: AETERNITAS AVGG, elephant and driver walking left, SC in ex.
Struck at Rome, 247-8 AD
20.6g, 28mm
RIC 161a


JULIUS CAESAR AR Denarius
OBVERSE: Elephant advancing right. CAESAR
REVERSE: Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex. No legend Gaul 49 BC
3.2g, 18mm
CRI 9, Sydenham 1006, RRC 443/1, S 1399

 

Nice coin Mr Steve. Here is my elephant quadriga which I probably post way too often. (It is the size of US silver dollar).

ROMAN EGYPT
ALEXANDRIA
Hadrian
AE Drachm
117-138 A.D.
27.00 grams, 34 mm.
Obv: Laur. Dr. Cuirassed bust right AYT.KAI (Hadrian).APIC.CEB
Rev: Hadrian in quadriga of elephants right. LENΔE.KATOV
Grade: Fine light chocolate brown color
Other: Sear 1175 (pg 151) B.M.C.G.860
Milne 1216var., Koln 967var.
Rare 15 leg variety much like the USA
3-legged buffalo nickel?
On the obverse legend:
AYT= AVTOKPATOP = Emperor
KAI= KAICAP = Caesar
APIC.CEB = Optimus Augustus

 

Fantastic elephant coins, fellas ... please keep 'em comin'!

Cheers

 

Great coins all and yes Jerry. lol

I don't have any elephants yet. Maybe in the future.

 

Those are some nice looking elephants! Each one even has its own rider.

Well, I've got one big elephant...

... And four little ones (that's what are supposed to be on top of the gate, anyway)

 

India, Satavahana, Gautamiputra Satakarni, 78-102 AD


Ikshvakus, PB14, c.300 AD

Baktria, Apollodotos I, AR drachm 160-150 BC

Baktria, Menander, 160-145 AD AE14

Baktria, Maues, AE28, 90-57 BC

 

=> ahahaha, I know, eh? =>yah, that is so cool (I have a good visual of the four elephant-dudes in the ol' elephant funeral parade) ...

=> man, I love this new coin (it's up there on my favourite-list!!) ... very cool

 

Elephants? ... well, okay ... ummm, did I mention that I like you guys?

 

that is a threefold FANTASTIC coin stevex.

1. rough but attractive (awesome to me)
2. big (awesomer to me)
3. elephant quadriga (awesomest to me)

I have an indo-greek elephant inbound, i'll post later. Here's a Seleucid elephant and horse...finer examples of my other indo-greek types have already been posted.

 

thanks, dawg

 

la-la-la-la-la-la ... okay, I'm gonna add-in my other Augustus coins (hey, my OCD makes me want to sort everything => all types must be listed, together!!)


... anyway ...

Here are my other few Augustus coins (oh, and please feel free to post your own cool Augustus winners, my sweet coin-freinds)







.... hey ...

Ummm, did I mention that I liked you dudes?!!

Cheers, fellas

My wife is pissed at me, and I'm gonna go try and tell her that I'm not spending any money on coins and .... yah, I'm screwed (I will talk to you dudes later)

*yikes*

 

=> thanks Bing (Chief)

... I love ya (I hope that everything is good-enuf with your gal)

Cheers, 'friend'