I was lucky enough to win this in an auction last week and he just showed up in the mail today. I don't have many coins with animals on them so I was happy to add him to the zoo. I am not 100% sure on the identification since I am not real good with provincials yet and I wasn't able to make an exact match on wildwinds. I believe it to be this based off of a vcoins search: Ionia, Ephesos Septimius Severus AD 193-211AE Obverse: AV KLCEΠ - CEVHPOC, draped, laureate bust right Reverse: EΦEC-I/ΩN, boar running right If I am wrong, please correct me. If I'm right...yay! Either way, let's see some of your animals.
Way to get schwifty with Septy! Not an animal. Buuut here's a recent provincial of his boys I purchased and a boar for more: Caracalla and Geta Æ27 of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior. AD 209-211. AY K M AY ANTΩNINOC AY K Π C ΓETAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla, facing laureate and draped bust of Geta left / Y +Λ OYΛΠIANOY MAPKIANOΠOΛITΩN, Tyche standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; lighted altar and Є (mark of value) to left, eagle above dolphin to right. H&J, Marcianopolis, 6.20.38.1-2; Varbanov 1085 Arpi , Apulia 3rd Century BCE. Obv. Laureate head of Zeus left, to left, ΔAΞOY. Rev. Boar right, spear above, APΠIANΩN below. SNG ANS 635; SNG München 438.
Titus Silver Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 78-79 Obv (retrograde): T CAESAR VESPASIANVS Rev: Sow and piglets IMP XIII in exergue RIC (New;Vespasian) 986 18mm, 2.9g. Trajan Decius Silver Double Denarius Rome mint Obv: IMP TRAIAN DECIVS AVG Rev: ADVENTVS AVG - Emperor on horseback, riding left, raising right hand and holding short scepter RIC 1(b) 22mm, 2.9g. Julian II ('the Apostate") (Bronze) AE1 Antioch mint, A.D. 361-363 Obv: D N CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG Rev: SECVRITAS REI PVB - Bull, standing right, two stars above [palm]SMANTΓ[palm] in exergue RIC 218 28x25mm, 8.2g
I’ll add in a cow, calf, and a hound to the mix. Illyria. Dyrrhachion circa 229-100 BC, (AR, 16mm., 3.00g) ΜΕΝΙΣΚΟΣ, magistrate's name above cow standing right, looking back at suckling calf, torch before, hound running right below / ΔΥΡ ΦΙΛΩΤΑ, legend in four segments around double-lined quadrilateral containing stellate pattern.
Neat provincial, FF. The boar probably refers to the mythological founding of Ephesos by Androklos, an exiled Athenian prince who was told he would be led to the site of his new city by a wild boar. Now, let's go on a boar hunt! GALLIENUS AE28. 8.09g, 27.6mm. IONIA, Ephesus, circa AD 253-268. Karwiese 1136 (this coin cited). O: VT · K · ΠO · ΛIKIN · ΓAΛΛIHNOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: EΦ-ECIΩN · Γ · NEO, KOPON in exergue, Androklos facing right, wielding spear at boar standing left; hound at his side. Ex N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection; ex Marcel Burstein Collection (Peus 366, 25 October 2000, lot 636); ex G. Hirsch 171 (25 September 1991), lot 1273 And what kind of zoo thread would it be without a coin from the estimable stevex6 collection? PHOKIS, Federal Coinage AR Obol. 0.83g, 9.5mm. PHOKIS, Federal Coinage, circa 478-460 BC. Williams –; BCD Lokris 208 (this coin); HGC 4, 1062. O: Facing head of bull. R: Forepart of boar right within incuse square. Ex Stevex6 Collection; ex Thomas Bentley Cederlind (CNG 375, 1 June 2016, lot 326); ex Cederlind 161, 25 October 2011, lot 41; ex BCD Collection (Numismatic Ars Classica 55, 8 October 2010, lot 208), purchased from Peus, May 1978.
DAWGGY RR AR Denarius C Antestius Rome 146 BCE 3.97g 19.0mm Helm hd Roma R X C ANTESTI - Dioscuri gllpng R puppy-dog running ROMA
I love animal coins! Here's a few, starting with two new acquisitions. Lysias, Indo-Greek King, c. 120-110 BC Obverse: Bust of Herakles right, club on shoulder; BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANIKHTOY ΛYΣIOY Reverse: Elephant right; maharajasa apadihatasa lisikasa in Kharoshthi Antoninus Pius Obverse: Bust of Pius right Reverse: Ibis left, LB Struck at Alexandria in AD 138/9, RPC 15371 Trajan Obverse: Bust right Reverse: Rhinoceros right, LIZ above Struck at Alexandria in AD 113/14, RPC 4823 Hadrian Obverse: Bust right, AYTKAI TPAIAΔRIACEB Reverse: Panther right, looking left; LIA above Struck at Alexandria in AD 128/9, RPC 5691; Ex Rev. Willis McGill collection Trajan Obverse: Laureate bust right, AΥTOKΡ KAIC NEP TPAIAN CEB ΓEΡM ΔAK Reverse: Arabia standing left, holding branch and a bundle of cinnamon sticks (?), camel to left, ΔHMAPX EΞ IH YΠAT C Struck at Bostra in AD 112
I have too many animals to count, so here's just a small portion. Camel, horses, and scorpion Eagle and dolphin Sea eagle and crab An ass' head and horses Goat Boar, tuny fish, and lion Octopus lion and lizard Owl and lizard Lion and eagle
Lion and scorpion Lion Lion Owl at Minerva's feet Eagle eagle Eagle Snake Cow and baby calf I could go on....but OP didn't ask me to post all my animals, just some animals. So this is a good place as any to stop
That is quite the menagerie you have there @Sallent ! I really like the Octopus. I've not seen one like that before. Thanks for sharing!
Here's an old thread you may enjoy. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coin-animals-by-alphabet.267837/ Post #407 in that thread (p. 21) has a summary of all animals shown, although the thread goes on for many pages afterwards.
Thanks @TIF. I am 3 pages in already and drooling haha. I remember seeing some of stevex6's coins in the past before I was into ancients. Now I am seeing them in a new light and wow...they are some great looking pieces. You also have some really nice coins! Thanks again for sharing!
