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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3371637, member: 75937&quot;]That&#039;s a cool coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER] , and it has long been on my &quot;I&#039;d like to get one&quot; list, but I didn&#039;t know about the purpose of the issue or its backstory. Thanks for such an interesting write-up!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When talking of zoologically-minded coins, Gallienus&#039; issues of AD 267-268 come to mind. They are, as you know, called the <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Gallienus%20Zoo" rel="nofollow">zoo series</a>. The animals depicted, however, are those associated with the various pagan deities in the Roman pantheon, depicted along with a plea in the reverse inscription for the god to &quot;conserve the emperor&quot;: <u>(fill in the blank)</u> CONS AVG. Many of the animals are mythological, such as centaurs, griffins, winged horses, and creocamps. However, a great many depict real ones, such as the hooved beasts (stags and gazelles and such) associated with Diana, the goat associated with Jupiter, the lions and boars associated with Hercules, and the big cats associated with Liber Pater.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have too many Gallienus zoo coins to post here, so I&#039;m going to show only the big cats of Liber Pater, the panther and the tiger. So as not to hijack this thread, I will post a separate thread about what an ancient person considered a panther to be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Panther:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894244[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tiger:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]894245[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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