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  1. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Antoninus Pius - As Elephant 2017.jpg ANTONINUS PIUS
    AE As. 11.75g, 27.8mm. Rome mint, AD 148-149. RIC 862a; Sear 4308. O: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head right. R: MVNIFICENTA AVG, Elephant standing right, COS IIII / S C in exergue.

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  3. ancientone

    ancientone Well-Known Member

    piusquad.jpg Alexandria Trajan AE33 Drachm / Elephant quadriga Emperor standing r. in elephant quadriga. Emmett 462

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  4. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    Antoninus Pius drachm / Serapis in temple
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    Next: another animal you don't see everyday (no horses or birds)
     
  5. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    I live in Manhattan, so I definitely don't see camels every day, whether used for personal transportation or to carry freight. (Once or twice a week, tops!)

    Trajan AR Drachm, 115-Feb. 116 AD, Arabia Bostra (or Rome*) Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Trajan right, with paludamentum, seen from rear, AYTOKP KAIC NЄP TPAIANѠ APICTѠ CƐB ΓƐPM ΔAK [equivalent of IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GERM DAC] / Rev. Bactrian (two-humped) camel, walking left, ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ς [equivalent of TR P COS VI (sixth consulship)]. RPC [Roman Provincial Coinage] Vol. III 4076 (2015); RPC Online at https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?volume_id=3&number=4076, SNG ANS VI 1158; Sydenham 205 [E. Sydenham, The Coinage of Caesarea in Cappadocia (1933)]. 19 mm., 3.10 g. Ex: Kenneth W. Dorney. (Coin is double die match to Roma Numismatics Auction, May 21, 2013, Lot 767 [https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=474&lot=767]; image of that coin is reproduced as Plate 14, No. 7 in Woytek & Butcher article cited in note below.)

    * See Bernhard E. Woytek and Kevin Butcher, The Camel Drachms of Trajan in Context: Old Problems and a New Overstrike, The Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 175 (2015), pp. 117-136 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/43859784).

    Trajan - Drachm, Arabia Bostra, Camel reverse - jpg version.jpg
    Next: if there's such a thing as a Roman coin (Imperial or Provincial) with a camel reverse that was not issued by Trajan, I'd like to see it. If not, then another coin showing a four-legged animal (no horses, elephants, lions, hounds/dogs, stags/does, sheep/goats, cows/bulls/oxen, pigs/boars, or wolves).
     
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  6. Alegandron

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

    Four Legged Rhino

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    RI Trajan Egypt AE Dichalkon Laureate hd L Rhinoceros walking L LI-Z yr 17 CE 113-114 12.9mm 1.25g Emmet 719 var. rhino
    EX: SteveX6 collection

    Next: other hard to find animals on Ancients
     
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  7. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Thanks. You must have read my mind, because I was actually kind of hoping to see a decent-looking rhino if nobody had a non-Trajan camel. The one on the Domitian quadrans rarely looks anything like a rhino; it usually resembles a boar, because you can't see a horn.
     
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  8. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    I believe there is Alexandria coinage that depicts a hippo, would love to see an example.
     
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  9. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    The only hippo I have is this one:

    Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I) AR antoninianus AD 248, Rome mint, 4th Officina. Obv. Draped bust right, wearing stephane, crescent behind shoulders, OTACIL SEVERA AVG/ Rev. Hippopotamus standing right, SAECVLARES AVGG; IIII in exergue. RIC IV-3 116(b), RSC IV-3 63, Sear RCV III 9160 (ill.). 23 mm., 4.52 g. (Games commemorating 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome.)

    Obverse image only, Otacilia Severa antoninianus hippo reverse - jpg version.jpg

    Reverse image only, Otacilia Severa antoninianus hippo reverse - jpg version.jpg

    Next: an Alexandrian hippo, or, failing that, another ancient coin showing an unusual four-legged animal (excluding the categories I listed in my previous post).
     
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  10. Alegandron

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

    Horn is just hair! :)
     
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  11. Alegandron

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

    How ‘bout a FROG?
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    Luceria
    AES Grave
    Anonymous
    217-215 BCE
    Uncia
    7.35g
    Frog from above-
    Corn Ear pellet retrograde L
    Thurlow & Vecchi 285
    Ex: Stephen Album Auction

    Next: more unusual 4 legged critters
     
  12. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    How about a Camel that is not Trajan's
    M. Aemilius Scaurus denarius.jpg
    Roman Republican, M. Aemilius Scaurus and P. Plautius Hypsaeus, 58 BC, Rome, AR denarius
    Obv: M SCAVR / AED CVR, kneeling figure right, King Aretas of Nabataea, holding olive branch and reins of camel beside him, EX on left, S C on right, [REX ARETAS] in exergue
    Rev: P HVPSAEV / AED CVR, Jupiter in quadriga left, holding reins in left hand and hurling thunderbolt with right, scorpion below horses, CAPTV on right, C HVPSAE COS / PREIVER in exergue.
    Ref: Crawford 422/1b

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  13. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    1/3 nomos of Metapontum, Lucania, 509-465 BC
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    Next: Another silver coin of an Archaic Italian city other than Metapontum or Rome
     
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  14. Pavlos

    Pavlos You pick out the big men. I'll make them brave!

    I was a bit confused, I thought you meant as your next (an Archaic Italian city) an archaic city that was founded by Italians e.g. Rome. However, as far as I know Metapontion is a Greek city so I think you mean an archaic city that was founded on Italy?

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    Bruttium, Rhegion. AR Litra. Circa 415/0-387 B.C.
    Obverse:
    Lion's mask facing.
    Reverse: PH within olive sprig.
    Reference: Herzfelder pl. XI, J. HN Italy 2499.
    0.73g; 10mm

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  15. Alegandron

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

    Facing Lion from Italia

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    Bruttium Rhegion 415-387 BCE AE 11mm 2.46g Facing lion hd - Laureate hd of Apollo L SNG ANS 697 var

    Next: Another Facing Lion from Italia
     
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  16. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    A quick digression from the game for a question: I know about the two (at least) Roman Republican coins with camel reverses. (I have an example of the second one, the Aulus Plautius denarius from 55 BCE with Cybele on the obverse and "Bacchius the Jew" kneeling next to a camel on the reverse.) Does anyone know if there are any Roman Imperial or Provincial coins with camel reverses that were not issued under Trajan?
     
  17. Orielensis

    Orielensis Well-Known Member

    I don't think there are any camels on Imperial coins apart from the popular types by Trajan, but as a fan of all camels and dromedaries, I certainly hope I'm wrong! If you search for "camel" in the RPC online catalogue (see here), you'll find a couple of Antonine provincial camels from Bostra as well as some exceedingly rare Syrian camel issues by the usurper Uranius Antoninus.
     
  18. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    Similar in AcSearch - Uranius Antoninus:
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=371723
    And a couple of provincial coins
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=973298
    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1187038

    And a few more from Bostra, Arabia in RPC:
    https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/browse?q=Camel&page=2
     
  19. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    12-hour rule. No other facing lions from Italia, apparently.

    Augustus PROVIDENT altar As.jpg
    Divus Augustus, 27 BC - 14 AD.
    Roman Æ as, 9.30 g, 28.4 mm, 7 h.
    Rome, issued under Tiberius, AD 22-30.
    Obv: DIVVS·AVGVSTVS·PATER, head of Augustus, radiate, left.
    Rev: PROVIDENT S C, Altar-enclosure with double panelled door; surmounted by uncertain ornaments.
    Refs: RIC 81; BMCRE 146; Cohen (Augustus) 228; RCV 1789.

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  20. Andres2

    Andres2 Well-Known Member

    P1180199b (3).jpg

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  21. maridvnvm

    maridvnvm Well-Known Member

    Lucius Verus denarius

    Obv:– DIVVS VERVS, bare head right
    Rev:– CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right, head left
    Minted in Rome. A.D. 169
    Reference(s) – RIC III (Maucus Aurelius) 596a. RSC 55. RD (48)

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