Darkside Lion Thread

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  1. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    Awesome token, Greg!
     
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  3. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Ancient bombing the lion thread, look out!

    Samos Didrachm 1a.jpg

    Islands off Ionia, SAMOS, AR Didrachm, 6.57g, 310-300 BC.
    Obverse: Lion scalp
    Reverse: NANISKOS, Forepart of an ox charging right, SA, olive spray.
    References: Barron 22,6. HGC 1229.
    Ex Jean Elsen Brussel V, 1981
    Very rare.

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    Bruttium, Rhegion
    AR Tetradrachm 415/410-387 BC, 17.12g, 22.6mm.
    Obverse: Lion’s scalp facing
    Reverse: Rhegion before laureate head of Apollo right, olive branch behind.
    References: Herzfelder 102 (D60/R87) citing 5 specimens from this die combination, BMC Italy p.375, 25, Sear 501.
    Ex 1980s Collection.

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    Lucania, Velia
    AR Stater, 300-280 BC, 7.32g, 21mm, 4h.
    Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena left, helmet decorated with wing; K behind neck guard, Φ before neck
    Reverse: Lion standing left; above, triskeles between Φ and I; uncertain mark below.
    References: Williams 463 (O232/R326); HN Italy 1307; SNG ANS 1385; SNG Copenhagen 1583; SNG Lockett 562; Boston MFA 161; McClean 1464 (all from the same dies).
    Fine style, signed by Philistion.
    Purchased in 1988.

    As you were...

    John
     
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Great stuff. I love the "glow" toning on that Lucania. "Ancient-bombing" can be a good thing. :)

    Hey, did you know that in ancient times, lions were so tame that you could saddle 'em up and ride 'em?* Yep!

    (*Well, if you happened to be a goddess who carried thunderbolts, anyway.)

    Ancient Roman Empire: silver denarius of Septimius Severus, "Dea Caelestis" type, ca. 193-211 AD
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    Obverse: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in exergue.
    Reverse: Dea Caelestis in elaborate headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left.
     
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  5. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

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  6. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

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    :D
     
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  7. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Hey, its a nice day, lets go ride our lions after work!

    We'll take some lightning bolts and a six pack of IPA and see what kind of trouble we can get into...

    :)
     
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  8. Johndoe2000$

    Johndoe2000$ Well-Known Member

    Cool thread, and I'm not LION. :D
    Here's a few...


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  9. Johndoe2000$

    Johndoe2000$ Well-Known Member

    WHEW!!! ... I'm glad you mentioned the coin. :wideyed:...:)
     
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  10. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    I got a new one yesterday. This may look very familiar to some forum members...

    Sultunate of Rum obverse two less 10 bright 40pct.jpg Sultunate of Rum reverse two less 10 bright 40pct.jpg
     
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  11. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Ha, in the 17th century you would not even need a saddle, just wings. ;)

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    This is a love/wedding medal by Johann Höhn (the Elder) from Danzig/Gdańsk. Not my image, see here.

    Christian
     
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  12. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    Rwanda Burundi one franc 1961 obverse.JPG Rwanda Burundi one franc 1961 reverse.JPG
     
    Muzyck, Dec 2, 2017
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

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  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Those are so cool. I noticed you had "avatarized" it.

    Mine should be on its way to NGC soon, since PCGS inexplicably would not grade it. (It is an ineligible type with them, apparently, though they do grade other Sultanate of Rum coins. You'd think they would do this popular type. Oh, well. They did give me a credit when they returned it for "no service". We'll see what NGC says.)

    It is the only one I can recall seeing that has that little crescent moon to the left of the sunface. Does anybody know what that's all about? Some kind of mintmark/moneyer's privy mark, etc? Or just random ornamentation? It almost looks like the moon and star on Turkey's modern flag. I suppose that might not be a coincidence. Would love to learn more about that.

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  15. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    And now a lion that comes from the past and the future. :D

    Austria issues a €5 New Year's coin every year, but since it is also meant to be a Christmas (season) gift, it always comes a little early. Future? Right, as from 6 December 2017 you can get this coin which is dated 2018.

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    But that lion is a beast from the past: It is from the cover page of a 14c evangeliary. That book was completed in 1368, thus 650 years ago. And it is considered to be the starting point of what today is the Austrian National Library ...

    More info about the coins here. As usual, there is a surcharged silver version, and a copper piece that can be had at face.

    Christian
     
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  16. Johndoe2000$

    Johndoe2000$ Well-Known Member

    A very cool Carr piece. (Cobb)

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  17. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Some lions on coins are not exactly powerful or frightening but cute and/or amusing. :) In 2001, shortly before the euro cash changeover, the Dutch mint issued a special Laatste Gulden coin. This Last Guilder was designed by Tim van Melis, then 12 years old. His lion (taken from the country's CoA but waving a flag instead of holding a sword) won a competition among school children ...

    Christian

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  18. chrisild

    chrisild Coin Collector

    Too playful? OK, here is a big lion. I mean, really big. For the 100th anniversary of the death of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the French mint issued several collector coins featuring the Statue of Liberty (his most famous work). On the other side however you see his portrait and his Lion of Belfort monument. It honors the defenders of the city in the French-Prussian war of 1870-71. That lion is almost 22 meters wide and 11 meters tall. :)

    Christian

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  19. asheland

    asheland The Silver Lion

    Awesome coins everybody!
     
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  20. Muzyck

    Muzyck Rabbits!

    I posted this on the "Follow the leader" thread but this lion is so cool I thought it belonged here too.

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  21. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    I found this one in a 30 coin Lot I bought the other day, It is half the size of a Dime weighs 1g. Finland IMG_0003.JPG IMG_0004.JPG
    And here is the lion of the house. Tebow, he is now a year old and weighs 14 pnds. 20170226_134450.jpg
     
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