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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5128004, member: 96898"]I very much like the geese from Eion. Mine is the type with the additional lizard:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203216[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Macedonia, Eion, AR trihemiobol, ca. 460-400 BC. Obv: Goose standing r., head turned l.; lizard curving l. above; H to lower r. Rev: quadripartite incuse square. 12 mm, 0,71g. Ref: SNG Cop 179. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>A Greek dove:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203213[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR hemidrachm, ca. 330-280 BC. Obv: chimaera advancing l., right paw raised; ΣΙ below. Rev: dove flying left. 16mm, 2.6g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 64f. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>Donna has already shown the first Metellus stork. Here is the second one, unfortunaley missing most of its beak:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203215[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, imperatorial issue of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, AR denarius, 81 BC, Northern Italian mint. Obv: diademed head of Pietas r.; to r., stork standing r. Rev: IMPER; jug and lituus; in laurel wreath. Ref: RRC 374/2. 19mm, 3.90g. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has a hawk and is quite unusual for its use of both Arabic and Uyghur legends:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203214[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5128004, member: 96898"]I very much like the geese from Eion. Mine is the type with the additional lizard: [ATTACH=full]1203216[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Macedonia, Eion, AR trihemiobol, ca. 460-400 BC. Obv: Goose standing r., head turned l.; lizard curving l. above; H to lower r. Rev: quadripartite incuse square. 12 mm, 0,71g. Ref: SNG Cop 179. [/SIZE] A Greek dove: [ATTACH=full]1203213[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR hemidrachm, ca. 330-280 BC. Obv: chimaera advancing l., right paw raised; ΣΙ below. Rev: dove flying left. 16mm, 2.6g. Ref: SNG Copenhagen 64f. [/SIZE] Donna has already shown the first Metellus stork. Here is the second one, unfortunaley missing most of its beak: [ATTACH=full]1203215[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, imperatorial issue of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, AR denarius, 81 BC, Northern Italian mint. Obv: diademed head of Pietas r.; to r., stork standing r. Rev: IMPER; jug and lituus; in laurel wreath. Ref: RRC 374/2. 19mm, 3.90g. [/SIZE] This coin has a hawk and is quite unusual for its use of both Arabic and Uyghur legends: [ATTACH=full]1203214[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Ilkhanate, under Arghun with Ghazan as viceroy, AR dirham, 1291–1292 AD (690–691 AH), Astarabad mint. Obv: Uyghur protocol in three lines, two above hawk and one below: "[qaghanu]/ nereber/ deletkeguluksen(?)" ('of the Khaqan / in the name of / struck'); Arabic name of the ruler Arghun in central l. field; citing his heir Ghazan in r. field; hawk r., sunface rising behind. Rev: Shiite kalima in three lines in square: "la ilah illa allah / muhammad rasul allah / ali waliun allah", partial mint and date formula for Astarabad in margins. Ref: Album 2149.2. 17.5mm, 2.93g. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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