Show me coins, medals, or paper money with TIGERS on them

This is to complement @Shrews1994 's lion thread!


Gallienus, 253-268 AD.
Roman Æ Antoninianus, 2.63 g, 20.8 mm, 5 h.
Rome Mint, 10th emission, 267-268 AD.
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right.
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, tiger walking left, B in exergue.
Refs: RIC 230K; Göbl 713b; Cohen 586; RCV 10281; Cunetio 1341; Hunter 112.

 

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Best I can come up with is Lions.........Thanks for pointing the way to Shrews' thread and best of luck with this one.

 

1969 Esso promotional medallion, awarded to top dealers:



Their slogan at the time was 'put a tiger in your tank'

 

The only one I have is my own example of the Gallienus tigress coin. I'm adding a closeup to show the remnants of her stripes, because there's a similar coin bearing the same catalogue numbers that has no stripes, and is generally identified as a panther.

Gallienus, Billon Antoninianus, 267-268 AD, Rome Mint (2nd Officina). Obv. Radiate head right, GALLIENVS AVG /Rev. Tigress walking left, LIBERO P • CONS AVG; B in exergue. RIC V-1 230, RSC IV 586, Wolkow 19a2*, Göbl MIR [Moneta Imperii Romani] Band 36, No. 713(B), Sear RCV III 10281 [Tigress variety of these catalogue numbers; see http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Liber Pater ]. 19 mm, 2.83 g., 6 h.

* * Cédric Wolkow, Catalogue des monnaies romaines - Gallien - L'émission dite "Du Bestiaire" - atelier de Rome (BNumis, édition 2019)

 

Here's some.

 

I think the big cat on the left is the tiger.

 

I HAVE A DROP OF OIL IN A CUBE OF PLASTIC THAT SAYS ESSO, FROM WHEN WORKED THERE AS A SECRATARY, AND AN ESSO TOKEN, PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK FROM SAME ERRA