Lions to the left! Lions to the right!

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  1. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    I forgot that I have a little lion:

    Ionia Miletos AR Tetartemorion 5.6mm 0.21g Roaring Lion Hd - Bird Klein 430 SNG Kay 941.JPG
    Ionia Miletos AR Tetartemorion 5.6mm 0.21g Roaring Lion Hd - Bird Klein 430 SNG Kay 941
     
    Alegandron, Jan 28, 2018
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  3. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Love those lions!!!

    Balakros, AR stater, Lion attacking bull
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    uncertain, Cilicia, obol, lion from top/scorpion
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    Commodus Alexandria AE diobol
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    Septimius Severus AE29 Pautalia. Thrace
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    Aurelian antoninianus with lion in exergue
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    Leo I AE4 Constantinople mint
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    Shahi silver has a bull and horseman but the accompanying AE coins have an elephant and lion.
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    Velia fourree stater
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    dougsmit, Jan 28, 2018
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  4. randygeki

    randygeki Coin Collector

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    randygeki, Jan 29, 2018
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  5. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    Should we also stop to consider what Lions were used for, in the Roman Empire ?
     
    Bert Gedin, Jan 29, 2018
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  6. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    If you'll permit a (very) modern digression, there's a lion on here.

    And a biblical theme, to sort of tie it in with ancients.

    As of this post, you've got two days left to enter the giveaway and maybe make it yours, if you want.

    Armenia: 500-dram, "Noah's Ark", 1 oz. .999 silver, 2018.

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  7. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    And, for older stuff...

    ADAM-Ionia-Miletus-AR-Obol-006100.jpg LSdkZlrbTfeJA9zZPC57_RomanEmp-denarius-SeptimiusSeverus-018465-coin-800x500.png Njp4ZWzeSa29wCCgUAM7_Seljuq-dirham.jpg f8KA9UDhSKaNPuFH0nqq_Teutonic%20Order-quarter-thaler-1615-026800-coin.jpg kvktJlQ3QbGmqQtWLaHE_Zurich-HalfThaler-1739-049500-coin.jpg fieqCacVTFArp0w0C34Q_12-AustrianNeth-2L-1790-025000-coin.png
     
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  8. NCnovice

    NCnovice Active Member

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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    "Tigurum" is apparently an archaic name for Zurich.
     
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  10. NCnovice

    NCnovice Active Member

    Awesome, thank you! I love that cityscape.
     
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  11. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    My newest lions are a legionary issue of Gallienus, Legio IV (IIII) Flavia:
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    and this obol from Cyzicus:
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  12. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    Cracked, holed, beautiful...
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    Phrygia, Cotiaeum. Philip I AE26 Kyble. C. Julius Ponticus, Archiereus


    Miletos.jpg Miletos, Ionia. 1/12 AR stater. Late 6th Century B.C.
     
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  13. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    Caracala lion _DSC6581.JPG _DSC6582.JPG
     
    ro1974, Jan 29, 2018
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