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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3371376, member: 56859&quot;]Nice!!&nbsp; I believe [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER] has some of these.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That would be half of my collection <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;ll just show a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a rhino on a small denomination of Alexandrian bronze.&nbsp; This coin is rated R5 in Emmett (highest rarity) but I&#039;ve seen a half dozen of them for sale in my short time as an ancient coin collector.&nbsp; Book rarities may not mean much in the collector&#039;s market, and of course new hoards can change everything in an instant.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_4f5b6b0094ef4d6992ff9455c6689822.jpg_srb_p_1000_552_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=e37ea7498233e5281a67fdf307998d3e" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Trajan</b></p><p>year 17, CE 113/4</p><p>dichalkon</p><p>Obv: Laureate head right</p><p>Rev: rhino standing left; LIZ above</p><p>Ref: Emmett 719 variant (rhino right), year 17 </p><p><br /></p><p>A hippo:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/tiberiusobolhippo-dattaricollection-rt-jpg.553274/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Tiberius</b></p><p>Year 5, CE 18/9</p><p>AE obol, 20 mm, 4.45 gm</p><p>Obv: bare head right</p><p>Rev: hippopotamus right; TIBEPIoY above; [L] E in exergue</p><p>Ref: Emmett 62.5, R1; Geissen 47; Dattari-Savio 102 (this coin); RPC 5082</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>An ostrich:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/gordianiii-ostrich-hadrianopolis-rt-jpg.559812/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Hadrianopolis. Gordian III </b></p><p>AE 18 mm, 2.59 gm</p><p>Obv: AVT K M ANT ΓORΔIANOC AVΓ; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΠOΛEITΩN; ostrich running like stevex6 is chasing it with a basting brush</p><p>Ref: Varbanov 3833, rare</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-now-extinct-animal-on-a-roman-coin.287175/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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