Ancients: Lions

Pile on thread: I like lions. Below are a few of my favorites. Pile on yours.
Commodus Alexandria diobol


Septimius Severus Nicopolis assarion (note retrograde exergue)


Philip I antoninianus


Aurelian antoninianus


Leo I AE4

 

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HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D.
AV Aureus (7.15 g.) Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D.
RIC II -- cf. 298g
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P bare head of Hadrian r. Rev. Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, recl. L, r. hand on neck of lion stg. L. grain ears behind

 

I'm not lion when I say those are great.

Cherronesos
AR Hemidrachm
400 to 350 BC
Obvs: No inscription, forepart of lion.
Revs: Quadripartite square, A Monogram above pellet, insect in opposite quarter.
12mm, 2.3g

Leo I
457 to 474 AD
Constantinople
AE Nummus
Obvs: DN LEO PF AVG
Revs: Lion crouching, CON below.
11x12mm, 1.30g

 

Nice lions guys, good idea for a thread Doug. Shame I haven't got any to contribute.

 

ALEXANDRINE / MAKEDON LIONS:

BABYLONIA, Babylon
AR Tetradrachm / Stater (or Dishekel)
Minted ca. 323-328 B.C.
24 mm, 16.3g
Obv: Ba’al seated left holding scepter
Rev: Lion walking left, control mark Г above. (Control mark was minted duringAlexander III Lifetime)
Ref: Ref: BMC Arabia XXII no.1




Thrace - Lysimachos 305-281 BCE AE20 Sysimachia mint 4.64g 19.5mm Athena - Lion SNG Cop 1153 Muller 76



Makedon Kassander 316-297 BCE AE15 Herakles Lion reclining SNG Cop 1140



Thrace Lysimachus AE 14 306 BC Apollo forepart of Lion



Thrace - Lysimachos 305-281 BCE AE14 Lysimacheia mint 2.7g Young Mail Helmeted - Forepart Lion SNG Cop 1159 var
(Please note that I am using the @John Anthony species of Earth Worms as my background...)

 

Here is a lion from Alexandria, Egypt:

23-22 mm. 9.54 grams. 12:00.
bronze diobol.
Marcus Aurelius with full beard, right, LIS = year 16 = 176/7 AD
Lion walking left.
Emmett 2245. Giessen 2086.

 

Septimius Severus


Thrace, Chersonesos

 

My only lion:

Velia, Lucania, AR stater, c 305-290 BC
From the Athos D. Moretti Collection
ex Conte Alessandro Magnaguti collection, P.& P. Santamaria, Rome, October 14, 1949, Lot 229.

Doug, I don't see YOUR Velia, the type with lion attacking stag, one of my favorite lion images...

 

Really rare type from Iaitas, featuring Acheloios Iaitos on one side and a lion on the other.



Frey-Kupper think this and two related types are forgeries, but I disagree. She did acknowledge the surfaces of my coin look convincing.

 

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: SEVERVS PIVS AVG - Laureate head right
REVERSE: P M TRP XV COSIII P P - Africa standing right, resting hand on hip and holding grain ears; lion to right
Struck at Rome, 207 AD
2.7g, 18mm
RIC 207a, BMC 531, C 493

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right
REVERSE: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in ex, Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left
Struck at Rome, 204 AD
3.5g, 18mm
RIC IV 266

DIADUMENIAN
Assarion
OBVERSE: M OPELLIOC ANTWNEINOC, bare-headed, draped bust right
REVERSE: MARKIANOPOLEI-TWN, Lion walking left
Struck at Markianopolis, Moesia Inferior, 218 AD
2.9g, 17mm
Moushmov 629

GORDIAN III
AE30
OBVERSE: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the backt
REVERSE: PMSC OLVIM City goddess standing left between bull & lion; AN IIII in ex
Struck at Viminacium, Dated year 4=242 AD
17.2g, 30mm
AMNG 83

 

MYSIA
AR Hemiobol
OBVERSE: Forepart of running boar left, tunny fish behind upward
REVERSE: Head of roaring lion left within incuse square, star above
Struck at Kyzikos, 480-450BC
0.41 g, 9.5 mm
Sear 3850

THRACE, PANTIKAPAION
AE20
OBVERSE: Head of Pan left
REVERSE: Roaring lion's head left; fish below.
Struck at Pantikapaion 400-300BC
5.0g, 20mm
SNG BMC Black Sea 883

MYLASA, CARIA
AR Tetartemorion
OBVERSE: Lion's head left with reversed foreleg below
REVERSE: Lion's scalp facing, flanked by leg on both sides, in incuse circle
Struck at Mylasa, 392-376 BC
.2g, 6mm
SNG Keckman I 837-846 (lion left)

TARAS, CALABRIA
AR Diobol
OBVERSE: Head of Athena in crested helmet left decorated with Skylla
REVERSE: Herakles kneeling right, strangling lion
Struck at Taras 380-334 BC
1.2g, 11mm
Vlasto 1316

IONIA, MILETOS
AE17
OBVERSE: Head of Apollo right
REVERSE: Lion right, head reverted, star above
Struck at Miletos 350-300 BC
4.69g, 17mm
Lindgren 513

LYSIMACHUS KING OF THRACIA
AE 20
OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Athena right
REVERSE: BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, above and beneath lion running right, small caduceus, spearhead below
Struck at Uncertain mint, Thrace 305-281 BC
6.1g, 20mm
SNG Cop1149-51

M. VOLTEIUS M.F. ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS VOLTEIA
AR Fouree Denarius
OBVERSE: Laureate & helmeted bust of Attis right; shield behind
REVERSE: Cybele seated right in chariot drawn by two lions; OQ above
Rome 78BC
2.9g, 18mm
Cr385/4; Syd 777, Volteia 4

 

GREEK LIONS: (Welll... maybe some Thracians too...)


THRACE Chersonesos Æ10 1.0g 386-309 BCE Roaring lion head - Star of five rays SNG BM Black Sea 726 SNG Stancomb 463



Iona-Miletos Late 6th C BCE fine lion



Iona-Miletos AR Obol Late6thC fine lion



Chersonesos AR Hemi-Drachm - TriObol Lion X-dot amphora Seaby-Sear Vol I 1606



Mysia Kyzikos AR Hemiobol 480-450 BCE 0.4g Boar-Lion Sear 3850

 

Cool. Emmett lists a total of 14 variations/dates for lion diobols between Aurelius and Commodus. Of them, all but two are rarity 5. Which two? The two we have of course.

 

Super posts!!

It seems I only have one example depicting a lion that I have won on bid or purchased....another Greek---Mysia Kyzikos hemiobol, circa 500 BC.

 

Cool posts.
I only have a couple very humble lions.

Cherosenos, Thrace
Ae 20mm, 7.4g, 350-309BC
Persephone.
Lion breaking spear grain ear in exergue

Komama, Pisiada
Ae14mm, 3.0g, 1st C BC
Zues right
Lion left, KO in exergue. R1

Working on redo photo's, haven't made it to these yet.

 

great posts! only 1 lion coin fer me , looks like i need more ...



Julia Domna Denarius. Rome mint: AD 198. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust right / MATER DEVM, Cybele, towered, enthroned left between two lions, leaning on drum and holding branch & scepter. RIC 564, RSC 123.
20.52mm 3.8g

 

Great lion Doug! The mane and head are large and in charge! The opposite of my first one.


Moesia inferior, Tomis. Pseudo-autonomous Æ16. Lion seated right

Moesia, Markianopolis. Commodus AE20. Nemean Lion.


Thrace, Byzantium. Pseudo-autonomous AE17. Hercules in lionskin/Club of Hercules


Miletos, Ionia. 1/12 AR stater. Late 6th Century B.C.

 

Lions are cute.



Sorry about the super lame pics.

Erin

 

How about two on one

M. Volteius M.f, 78 BC, Cr 385/4
Obv - Helmeted bust right
Rev - Cybele in biga of lions right