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Singapore Two Dollars

These notes also have a lion watermark in addition to the Singaporean Coat of Arms.



Edit: Watermark

 

Lions!


Greek Ionia, Miletos.
AE Hemiobol, 3.35 g, 18.3 mm, 12 h.
Aeschylinos, magistrate, ca. 200 BC.
Obv: Apollo Didymeus standing right, holding small stag and bow; monogram below.
Rev: Lion seated right with head turned to left, star above, monogram right, ΑIΣXΥΛΙΝΟΥ in exergue.
Refs: Deppert 941-56 var; Marcellesi 56.


Caracalla, AD 198-217.
Roman provincial Æ assarion, 1.92 g, 15.4 mm, 2 h.
Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum.
Obv: MAP AV K ANTΩNIN, bare head, right.
Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩ / ΠPOC IC, lion advancing right.
Refs: Varbanov 3007; Moushmov 1111; AMNG 1599.


Septimius Severus, AD 193-211.
Roman Provincial Æ (diassarion?) 17.7 mm; 4.06 g.
Thrace, Philippopolis.
Obv: ΑV Κ Λ CΕVΗΡΟC, laureate and draped bust right.
Rev: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ-ΩΝ, lion walking left; ox's head before.
Refs: Moushmov 5274 var. (lion walking right); Varbanov 1305.


Julia Mamaea, AD 222-235.
Roman provincial Æ 19.7 mm, 5.54 g.
Thrace, Deultum, AD 222-235.
Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right.
Rev: C F P D, lion walking right.
Refs: Moushmov 3624; Varbanov 2382; Mionnet Suppl 2, 511 (pl. V. 7); BMC --.

 

This is the 5 Lirot note from my 1958 Bank of Israel set. The reverse of the note has your lion. It is the ancient seal of Shema , Minister of Jeroboam II, King of Israel 787-747 BC. The inscription reads L’sh’ma Eved Yerb’am - Of Shema, servant of Jeroboam.

 

Here are some lions.

Roman Republic. C. Poblicius Q.f. AR Serrate Denarius, 80 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right, wearing helmet decorated with grain ears; ROMA behind, V above / Rev. C•POBLICI•Q•F; Hercules standing left, strangling the Nemean Lion; bow and quiver to left, club below, V above lion. Crawford 380/1, RSC I Poblicia 9, Sear RCV I 308 (ill.). 20.13 mm., 3.84 g.



Septimius Severus, AR Denarius 203-204 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, SEVERVS PIVS AVG / Dea Caelestis in headdress riding right on lion, holding thunderbolt & scepter; below, water gushing from rocks left; INDVLGENTIA AVGG; in exergue: IN CARTH. RIC IV-1 266, RSC III 222, Sear RCV II 6285. 18x20 mm., 3.9 g.



Philip I AR Antoninianus, 248 AD, Rome Mint, 1st Officina. Obv. Radiate, draped, & cuirassed bust right, IMP PHILIPPVS AVG/ Rev. Lion walking right, SAECVLARES AVGG; I in exergue. RIC IV-3 12, RSC IV 173, Sear RCV III 8956 (ill.). 23 mm., 3.41 g. (Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome.)



Next, the reverse of one of the 40-medal series by James Mudie, issued in 1820, commemorating British military and naval victories during the Napoleonic Wars.

Great Britain, Siege of Acre, 1799 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust l., uniformed, ADMIRAL SIR S. SMITH/ Rev. British Lion, within a rocky pass, protects Syrian camel from menacing French tiger. In exergue: ACRE DEFENDED. BUONAPARTE REPULSED SYRIA SAVED. XX MAY MDCCLXXXXIX. AE 41 mm. By G. Mills/ N.G.A. Brenet. Mudie 7, Eimer 906, BHM 476.



Finally, these two aren't coins or medals or tokens, but they are lions, both from Egypt and both depicting Sekhmet -- one of limestone, from the 22nd-23rd Dynasties, and one of blue faience, from the 26th Dynasty.

 

The devil made me do it...

 

These are all over the place...but lions are cool!

 

I hope you have some time. The lion is probably the most common animal on coins.

 

Group 2.

 

And these.

 

Vintage! They don't make those anymore. Now, they've got the new "plastic" ones (probably the wrong terminology - sorry.)

 

Hey, in their minds they are lions. LOL I'm sure @MeowtheKitty will agree with me.

 

Here is the silver Scottish medallion I found metal detecting at the Florida Georgia border. It’s engraved with numerous historic Scottish emblems, logos, phrases and mottos. On the top of the front side is a lion. To the left of it is a plant called Rew or Rue which is medicinal and to the right is a thistle, the national flower of Scotland. These 3 items appeared on the first recorded Scottish crest.

There are 2 Kirkpatrick family mottos engraved. On the front is TOUCH AND I PEARCE (Pierce) used by my ancestors during the Wallace Wars (his initials and an incorrect date of his death appear below). On the back is I MAK SICKER (I Make Sure) uttered by another ancestor as he helped Robert the Bruce murder Red Comyn at the alter of the Greyfriars Church which allowed Bruce to claim the Throne.

 

This Civil War token stock die is not that hard to find. The trouble is a lot of the tokens that have it seem to come beat-up.



Here is the earliest British gold coin I could find with a lion on it. It's a half noble of Edward III who introduced gold coinage to the post William the Conquorer era.



And what good is a lion if you can't ride him? Here is Dea Caelestis holding a thunderbolt and scepter, seated riding a lion, leaping over water with water rushing from a rock. Sear 6806, Ric 130a

 

2017 Palau $10. Chinese Guardian Lions (male and female) or "Foo Dogs".


Back of the coins are cool too. They show... what else... the backs of these lions! LOL.

 

2016 UK £5. First release in the Royal Mint's Queen's Beast series: Lion of England.

 

I have those raw. He really did a great job with the antiqued Copper.

 

I believe they switched to a polymer of some sort. From I what I understand, quite a few countries use polymer-based currencies as it is supposed to be more durable, cleaner, and more secure and not to mention waterproof.

Anyway, here is another addition to the thread.

1829 Great Britain, Sixpence

Reverse:



Obverse: