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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2246458, member: 9204&quot;]I&#039;ve been intending to share this piece for a little while now. The obverse shows a Horse running left, with the palm frond of victory below, and on the reverse the first three letters of the horse&#039;s name: Eustolos, &quot;the Ready.&quot; This piece led me to a fascinating article by Toynbee discussing the names given to animals in the Roman period. Overall, we know more names for Roman horses than any other animal - no doubt because of their love of racing! Second place goes to dogs, but I do not know of any tesserae naming man&#039;s best friend. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/normal_00004x00~4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (16mm, 2.00 g)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Horse running left; palm below</p> <p style="text-align: center">ЄVC (<i>Eustolos</i>)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostovtsev 819; Rostovtsev &amp; Prou 517; BM 1612-3; Kircheriano 1573-6; Toynbee, “Beasts and Their Names in the Roman Empire,” pl. VI, fig 18</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Ex Artcoins Roma 23 (17 February 2015), lot 583</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The reverse appears to bear the name of the horse, Eustolos, “the Ready.” Toynbee records 417 horse names, far more than any other beast, noting only a few dozen names for dogs, mules, bears, and other animals.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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