Well. I am still waiting for thunderstorm to end.... Picked this little thing up from Herige, finest known. AV 1/2 Pagoda ND 1.69g. 11mm. die axis 2:00 oclock Achyutaraya I 1530-42 obverse: a Gandabherunda (two headed eagle) holding an elephant in each beak, wow....that musta been quite a big bird! Please show your coins with mythical beasts
A Capricorn. Vespasian AR Denarius, 3.21g Rome mint, 79 AD RIC 1058 (C). BMC 251. RSC 554. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG; Head of Vespasian, laureate, l. Rev: TR - POT X COS VIIII; Capricorn l. : below, globe Ex Harlan J. Berk 138, 1 June 2004, lot 224.
Wonderful coin! The artistry looks near Celtic Hmmmm. Mythical creature? I'll have to Sphinx about it, but I'll come up with one... Ionia, Chios. ca.84-27 BC. AE (12mm, 2.16g). Sphinx seated right, forepaw raised over bunch of grapes. / Amphora. BMC 93. Former Kairos Numismatik SPAIN, Castulo I Century BCE Æ As Diademed head, hand before / Helmeted Sphinx standing, star at right. Burgos.543. aVF, earthen brown patina.
Great AV coin @panzerman ... and such a HUMONGOUS bird on a small coin! Double Uraeus Carthage Zeugitania AR ½ Shekel 17mm 3.8g 2nd Punic War 218-202 BCE Sicily mint 216-211 BCE Tanit left Horse r sun as double uraeus SNG COP North Africa 359
Fun and attractive coin, @panzerman ! Gallienus had some mythical creatures in his "zoo": Centaurs: A griffin: A hippocamp: And a winged horse: