A Pair of Pachyderms

Somebody must have a rhino coin to share!

 

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Well that eliminates virtually all the "modern" collectors!

 

Must be gettin' old. I miss more today than ever.

 

I always wondered why Otacilla got the hippo. Was she big and bad tempered?

 

from WIKI:

"Pachydermata (from two Greek words παχύς pachys, "thick" and δερμα derma, "skin", meaning 'thick skin') is an obsolete order of mammals described by Gottlieb Storr, Georges Cuvier and others, at one time recognized by many systematists. Because it is polyphyletic, the order is no longer in use, but it is important in the history of systematics. Outside strict biological classification, the term "pachyderm" remains commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses"

Draw!

 

I chose the term, knowing that it still had this popular meaning though biologically obsolete, for the sake of alliteration.

 

Let's go, hold my beer...

 

Nice!!!

 

Oh, ok...


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 right

and @TIF has one also...

 

Ikshvakus PB14 Scrawny elephant left / Ujjain circles
I know less than nothing about these. Anyone?


Maues Indo Skythian AE28 hemiobol 85–60 BC
This elephant is wearing a crotal bell around its neck. My wife collects bells and has a 4.5" one from the 18th century.

 

Very nice coins everyone. Here is my pachyderm penny (Septimius Severus denarius):

Septimius Severus
AR Denarius
A.D. 193-211
4.01 gms, 20.2 mm
Obv: Laurerate head of Severus right.
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIIII.
Rev: Elephant wearing cuirass walking
right. MVNIFICENTIA AVG.
Grade: gEF pretty much as struck.
Well centered with 90% of legends clear.
Other: Nice reverse with very clear plaid
pattern on elephant. Sear 1766.
Ex Heritage Jan 2013 auction 231304
Lot #61069 From Eye Appealing Coins 9/2013.