Gallienus and Antelope.. Ae. Obv. bust of Gallienus looking right. Rev. Antelope walking left. 21mm x 3.25g. I have a Jack-Ass some where..
I expect my contributions to this thread will be a little weak, but I'll try... On these Gallienus zoo coins, I've never been able to tell between the antelopes, stags and does, but here they are anyway.
B is for... Bull PHLIASIA (PELOPONNESOS), Phlius 400-350 BCE AR obol, 11 mm, 0.84 gm Obv: forepart of butting bull left Rev: large Φ surrounded by four pellets Ref: SNG Copenhagen 8-9 ex BCD Collection, not in previous BCD sales PHOENICIA, Arados. Trajan CY 375 (CE 116/7) Æ22, 9.65 g Obv: draped bust of Astarte-Europa right; before, small laureate and draped bust of Trajan Rev: bull charging left Reference: SNG Copenhagen 81; BMC 374 PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzibaal 350-335 BCE AR dishekel, 13.3 gm Obv: Three hoplites with shields in war galley left, roaring lion's head on prow, waves below galley; hippocamp left below; murex shell beneath; Z O (N O?) in field Rev: Phoenician inscription; lion attacking bull left Ref: SNG Copenhagen 132, BMC 26.95, 4. Note: The date of this issue varies depending on source and ranges from 400 to 335 BC. Various references translate the inscription to ‘zb‘l mlk gbl (Ozbaal, king of Byblus) EUBOIA, Eretria 357-267 BCE AR drachm, 18 mm, 3.1 gm Obv: head of nymph Eretria left Rev: head of bull facing, fillets from horns, EY above, satyr's head facing in right field Ref: Wallace pl. XI, cf 126. 3.08g, 18mm, 11h. ex Frank James Collection ex BCD Collection SICILY, Selinos Circa 410 BCE AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her; selinon leaf above Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Rare. ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript.
Boar Celtic potin, Leuci tribe 80-20 BC AE18, 3.4 gm Obv: bald warrior head left Rev: boar standing left, three half-circles below Ref: BN 9100-9104 and a few favorite flying boars... IONIA, Samos 510-500 BCE AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm Obv: forepart of winged boar left Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square Ref: SNG Cop 1673 IONIA, Klazomenai c. 500 BCE AR drachm, 15 mm, 3.33 gm Obv: forepart ofwinged boar flying right Rev: incuse square Ref: Babelon, Traité II/1, 487; Jameson Coll. 1492; rare IONIA, Klazomenai 499-494 BCE AR diobol, 9mm, 1.2 g Obv: forepart of winged boar left Rev: incuse square Ref: Cf. BMC 9-10 (drachm); cf. Traité I 488 (drachm). VF, toned, porous. Very rare with boar left, apparently unpublished as a diobol ex Daniel Koppersmith Collection. IONIA, Klazomenai 190-130 BCE AE 16 mm, 5.9 gm Obv: forepart of winged boar right Obv: forepart of winged boar right, ΣΙΜ-Ω-ΝRev: ΚΛΑ-ZΟ-ΜΕΝΙ-ΩΝ in cross-divided square, monogram to left. Ref: SNG Cop 96, rare
Terrific idea for a thread---but since I only have examples of horses, wolves, eagles and a lion, I may be waiting quite a while to post LOL
A tiny bee and a tiny boar... (And a tiny stag and a tiny tuna and a tiny lion - two coin, five species.)