Cat , large or small, on ancient coin.

Today was a very tough day. Percival , my cat and best bud of 16 years passed away. I would appreciate it if some of you could post an ancient coin with a depiction of a noble cat, large or small, on it.

 

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Very sorry for your loss, @octavius .

I very much understand.

I regret I have no cats on coins.

 

Sorry for your loss!

 

Sorry for you loss. Percival has the look of a kind soul. Here’s a Tigress in tribute to your noble friend.

Here’s a few Lions too:

 

Meow is very sorry for your loss. Meow knows how it feels to lose a fellow Feline.

 

Sorry for your loss @octavius

Imperial Rome
Caracalla, r. 198-217 A.D. (204 A.D.)
Rome Mint, AR Denarius, 20.4mm x 3.21 grams
Obv.: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right
Rev.: INDVLGENTIA AVGG, IN CARTH in ex, Dea Caelestis seated facing on lion galloping right over rushing waters, holding thunderbolt and scepter
Ref.: SRCV 6806, RIC IV-1 Caracalla 130a, p. 231.


Norman Italy - Sicily
William II, r. 1166-1189
Messina Mint, Second Copper Large Follaro, 25.28 mm x 11.2 grams
Obv.: Lion Head
Rev.: Palm tree with dates
Ref.: NCKS 372, MEC 14.425

and my furry gal:

 

I'm so sorry, @octavius. It's always heartbreaking to lose a beloved animal companion.

Here's a big cat in honor of your best bud.


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.

 

Sorry for your loss.

Here are my kitties.


Phrygia, Cotiaeum. Philip I AE26 Kyble. C. Julius Ponticus, Archiereus
Phrigia, Cotiaeum. Between 244 and 249
Obverse. M IOYLIOS P'ILIPPOS AYG
Reverse. EPI G IOYL PONTIKOY ARC'IER EWS KOTIAEWN
Kyble on stool being pulled by biga of lions. Polos / Tympanon
SNG AUL 3787(1). BMC 17 S174,78(2)



Moesia inferior, Tomis. Pseudo-autonomous Æ16. Lion seated right
Anepigraphic. Turreted, draped and diademed female bust right, Demeter? / Lion seated right, raising forepaw; + above.
AMNG I 2514; SNG Budapest -.
Regling (AMNG): The obv. portrait probably pointing to Demeter

 

Ohh My !! I'm so sorry. As an animal Lover I know just how you feel . It's hard losing any animal .

 

I'm so very sorry for your loss. What a lovable, cuddly-looking cat Percival was.

My beloved orange tabby Ziggy, who was 16 in March -- and has been my constant companion during the pandemic -- was diagnosed with terminal, chronic kidney disease a few months ago. So I'm likely to be experiencing the same thing before too much longer. Ziggy is the first pet I've ever had on my own, so this will be new to me.



Here are some noble panthers (probably leopards given the spots), lions, and a tigress.

 

Absolutely sorry for your loss. I am sure he had a strong spirit and found his way to the great hunting ground in the sky.

Not an ancient, but one of the greatest coins ever minted:



1839 Great Britain Victoria £5 Gold

 

Sorry for your loss, @octavius. My favorite 'cat' coin, in Percival's honour...

THESSALY, Oitaioi
AR Hemidrachm. 2.75g, 16.3mm. THESSALY, Oitaioi, circa 360-344 BC. Valassiadis 1; BCD Thessaly I 1211 (same rev. die); BCD Thessaly II 487 (same rev. die); HGC 4, 129 (same obv. die as illustration). O: Head of lion left, with spear in jaws. R: OIT-[AO]N (retrograde), Herakles standing facing, holding club.

 

So sorry for your loss. I am a cat lover of 3 amazing cats. I have a very good feeling you will see your cat in the afterlife. Peace to you during this hard/sad time.

Max sends his love...

 

Sorry for your loss... it's really heartbreaking when one's housefriend passes away.
Sending you love from these two guys.

Sorry to hear that DonnaML... :-(

 

Very sorry for your loss.
This was my boy, when he was very young. Unfortunately I had to give him to somebody else for adoption about a year later because I had to move out and there was no possibility to have a cat. Broke my heart.



And an image of a big cat



Ionia. Miletos circa 525-475 BC.
Diobol AR
7 mm, 1,07 g
Late 6th-early 5th century BC. Twelfth stater or diobol Head of roaring lion right. Rev. Star-shaped floral ornament within incuse square. Klein 426-427. SNG Kayhan 468-475. SNG Von Aulock 2082. Sear 3532

One of the coins I really wanted in my collection. This one is worn, especially the obverse, and doesn't have the lion details properly anymore, but every time I tried to bid on better coins I was simply smoked (not sure why as they were usually low end VFs). This one is a good addition - not sure if lion facing right is scarcer, but I usually see them facing left.

 

A big cat



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Sorry for your loss @octavius. As a fellow cat lover I know what you're going through.

I lost Snickers (the calico in the photo below) 2 years ago from the same type of kidney issues @DonnaML's Ziggy is dealing with.



Her brother Hershey (on the right) mourned her loss as much as we did.

 

Does anyone know of an ancient coin which shows a domestic (small) cat? It would seem that there should have been on on some coin of Egypt but I do not know it.

This is supposed to be a snow leopard (based on what lived in the Central Asian area that made the coin).
Tarnavch, Chach 7-8th century AD 1.8g

 

Hi @dougsmit,

I posted one a while back here:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ojs-big-cat-sanctuary.357879/page-2#post-4314555

- Broucheion

 

@Broucheion, that's great. I didn't realize that there's a Roman Egyptian Nomos coin showing a domestic cat, although it certainly makes sense.

Not a coin, but here's my ancient Egyptian amulet of Bastet:

Egypt, pale blue Faience Amulet of Bastet, 26th Dynasty to Ptolemaic Period, circa 663-300 BCE. 34 mm. high. Purchased from Harmer Rooke Numismatists Ltd., New York City, Feb. 26, 1990.