Coins with Animals on them. Post yours also please.....

Love coins with animals. especially unusual ones like this one....
From Sweden....1 Øre - Olav V - Norway – Numista

 

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I like coins with animals. So did the Romans!

Elephant:

ANTONINUS PIUS, AD 138-161
AE As (28.12mm, 13.73g, 11h)
Struck AD 148/9. Rome mint
Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right
Reverse: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, African elephant walking left, COS IIII S C in exergue
References: RIC III 863, RCV 4308 var.
Well-struck on a heavy flan. Masterfully engraved elephant. This type commemorates the public games held in celebration of the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rome.
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Rhinoceros:

DOMITIAN, AD 81-96
AE Quadrans (17.62mm, 2.58g, 6h)
Struck AD 84/5. Rome mint
Obverse: African rhinoceros, head down, charging left
Reverse: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around large S C
References: RIC II 250, RCV 2835
A choice specimen, perfectly centered and well-struck from artistic dies. This type recalls a rhinoceros which fought in the Colosseum during Domitian's reign; these coins were likely distributed as largesse to the crowds in attendance on that occasion.​

Hippopotamus:

EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA
Time of Claudius
AE Diobol (22.41mm, 5.79g, 1h)
Struck AD 41-46
Obverse: ΤΙ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙ ϹƐΒΑϹ ΓƐΡΜΑ, laureate head of Claudius right, star to lower right
Reverse: ΑVΤΟΚΡΑ, hippopotamus standing right, [uncertain] date in exergue
cf. RPC I 5124
Worn surfaces with edge irregularity. A decent hippopotamus.​

Ostrich:

THRACE, HADRIANOPOLIS
Time of Gordian III
AE (16.83mm, 3.35g, 7h)
Struck AD 238-244
Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from rear
Reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ostrich standing right
References: RPC Online, Vol. VII.2, No. 806.12 (this coin)
A rare type, with good detail and a beautiful emerald green patina.​

Rooster:

PISIDIA, ANTIOCH
Time of Antoninus Pius
AE (14.26mm, 1.30g, 6h)
Struck AD 138-161
Obverse: ANTIOCH, draped bust of Mercury/Hermes left; to right, caduceus
Reverse: CO-LONI, rooster walking right
References: RPC Online, Vol. IV.3, No. 7350
An attractive specimen, with a dark patina and coppery highlights.​

 

I have an elephant on a token, wish it was gold but that's okay, I trust I'll get good luck anyways!

 

A really nice struck through.

 

My 1870-CC Seated Liberty Dollar

 

A nice token with an animal on each side.

 

2 Bears



A Griffin

Stag

A whole zoo....

 

Oh! I likey this one.

 

Four for the price of one!

SICILY, AKRAGAS
AR Hemidrachm (14.76mm, 1.86g, 2h)
Struck 420-406 BC
Obverse: Eagle facing left, standing on and tearing at hare
Reverse: Crab; below, fish swimming right
References: SNG ANS 1003-9
Well-centered strike with attractive toning.
The ancient city of Akragas came into being around 582 BC, as a colony founded by Greeks from Gela, a city about 40 miles to the east. The site was well-chosen, strategically located on a high plateau near the Hypsas and Acragas rivers and controlling a vast and rich agricultural area.
By the 5th century BC, Akragas had become the second-largest city on the island (behind Syracuse), with a population of perhaps 200,000 people, and had become a leader in the art and culture of the Classical period. Part of that artistic brilliance was manifested in the city’s coinage, which includes some of the most beautiful and recognized coins of the ancient world. This coin, though small, showcases that artistic talent with finely rendered naturalistic images of various creatures, notably the crab, which was the symbol of the ancient city.
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A massive copper medallion of a similar type, a replica of a tetradrachm held in the BNF:

SICILY, AKRAGAS
Modern cast CU "tetradrachm" medallion (63.96mm, 187.10g, 11h)
Dated 1969. Monnaie de Paris mint, no. 253 of 500
Obverse: ΑΚRΑΓ – ΑΝΤΙΝ – Ο – Ν, eagle left, with wings spread, perched on and tearing at dead hare; murex and scallop on rock below
Reverse: Crab above, large fish (polyprium cernium) swimming left below; cockle-shell in left field
On edge: CUIVRE 1969 N* 253/500
References: For tetradrachm type see SNG Lockett 715, Kraay-Hirmer 173-174
Richly toned copper surfaces. An exact, scaled-up, and incredibly detailed replica of the magnificent specimen held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb418341701)​

 

This octopus was a recent acquisition:

SICILY, SYRACUSE
Second Democracy, 466-405 BC
AR Litra (12.4mm, 0.78g, 5h)
Struck c. 460-450 BC
Obverse: Head of Arethousa right, wearing pearl tainia
Reverse: ΣYRA, octopus
References: SNG ANS 132; HGC 2, 1375
Darkly toned. Perfectly centered and well struck. A fine example of classical Syracusan art in miniature.​

 

Golden Bear token and sign!

 

https://en.numista.com/12294 says it's a bird-of-paradise but I think it's more likely the national bird, the Siamese fireback, which is a pheasant.



Are mythical animals OK? Garuda.



Elephants.

 

Like this guy said.

 

As a collector of the coins of Ireland there are many animals. Chose this one, bought for it's killer toning ( the image doesn't do it justice), a date I already have in MS66.

 

Nice! Is it a hare or Rabbit?