the lion sleeps tonight

Nothing like the Lioness herself!

FULVIA

First living female leader on a Roman Republic coin:


RImp Marc Antony 43 BCE AR Quinarius 13mm 1.67g Lugdunum Winged bust Victory-probly Fulvia Lion DVNI LVGV Cr 489-5 Syd 1160

 

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@harrync, we should all be glad I don't have the means of recording my embarrassing Jamaican accent: "The Con-querin' Ly-on of the Try-ibe of Judah."

 

A sweet little provincial, with a radiate lion?

Elagabalus. 218-222 AD. Nicopolis, Moesia Inferior. Æ (16mm,3.51 gm, 8h).Obv: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind. Rev: Lion (radiate?) walking right. Like Varbanov 3853-3857, but different obv. legend. HrHJ (2015) 8.26.36.3.

 

My OLDEST Lion


Akkadian
2350-2200 BCE
Cylinder Seal
Buff stone scene
hero wrestling antelope winged lion
with SCENE
Ex J Tabot collection

 

Très, très cool, @Alegandron.

 

how about 2

http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/01/greek-numbers-on-coins-of.html

 

That coin is very much on my want list!

 

HEAD-BUTTING LION


LYCIA Dynast Perikles 380-360 BCE AR 1-3 Stater 20x14mm 2.8g Facing lion's scalp Triskeles BMC 157

 

I have a couple of these, but this is my best:

 

Traditional wisdom says that the time to buy something is when they are available. There are a lot of these on the market right now so I might suggest being careful to pick one you like (or a few dozen if you are into roll collecting) rather than jumping on the first one you see. There are several Dynasts and differences in minor devices not to mention grades and prices. There are staters but the 1/3 size is more common.
1/3 stater 2.72g

1/96 stater (hemiobol, 1/8 of the above coin) 0.27g (for those on a diet)

 

hey old friend, great to see those great coins here and the coins mates to

thanks

 

Half a lion, strolling (or standing?) with the personification of Africa -



Septimius Severus Æ Sestertius
(194 A.D.)
Rome Mint
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IM[P III], laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / [AFRICA] S-C, Africa standing right, holding out fold of drapery
containing fruits, lion std. right.
RIC 668b; Cohen 26. (see notes)
(18.67 grams / 28 x 26 mm)

Attribution Note:

Appears to have slight drapery; only RIC 668 has this option, per OCRE. IMP number obverse not visible, two versions possible:

RIC 668; Cohen 26: IMP III
RIC 676; Cohen 29: IMP IIII

 

TINY LION


ASIA MINOR
Uncertain mint
AR Tetartemorion
Lion -
Incuse
5mm 0.13g