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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6439560, member: 110350&quot;]I think I&#039;ve posted all my ancient coins with horses before, multiple times, so I&#039;ll just pick one for this post:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Servilius M.f., AR Denarius 136 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged helmet, wreath behind neck, ROMA beneath with <b>*</b> [XVI monogram] to left / Rev. Dioscuri on horseback galloping in opposite directions, heads turned back to face each other, both twins holding their spears downwards behind horses, C. SERVEILI M F in exergue. RSC I Servilia 1, Crawford 239/1, Sydenham 525, Sear RCV I 116 (ill.), BMCRR Italy 540. 19.35 mm., 3.89 g. [<i>Sear says that this is the first Republican denarius with “ROMA” legend on obverse, and the second to use the monogram </i><b>* </b><i>for XVI .</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255008[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Instead of more ancient coins with horses, here&#039;s an Athenian horse departing for parts unknown with its rider and his attendants in about 525-500 BCE, as shown on this Attic black-figure lekythos (10.8 cm. high).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255024[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255037[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255026[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255027[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the hound chasing a hare on the shoulder, putting the vase in the Hound and Hare Group of Attic lekythoi. See <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG58829" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG58829" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG58829</a>, explaining that the term refers to &quot;a group of Athenian black-figure vase-painters whose names are unknown who produced vases with a similar style of drawing (mostly lekythoi). Beazley (following Haspels ABL) named them the Hound and Hare group because of the unusual subject (a hound pursuing a hare) decorating the shoulder. A few vases have been attributed to this group on the basis of style.&quot; For lekythoi like this one, the Hound and Hare Group is usually considered a subset of the Little Lion Class because of its shape, and the general presence of animals on the shoulder: see <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG59217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG59217" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG59217</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jumping forward about 2,300 years, here are a few British horses during the Napoleonic Wars, on the reverses of three medals in the James Mudie series of medals, issued in 1820, commemorating British victories during the Napoleonic Wars:</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, English Army in Egypt, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust facing, uniformed, LIEUT: GENL.: SIR R: ABERCROMBY. Rev. Horse standing, r.; beyond, three pyramids. ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN EGYPT. In exergue: 8 March 1801. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb. Mudie 8, Eimer 929, BHM 504.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255047[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Egypt Delivered, 1801 (Struck 1820). Obv. Bust three-quarters l., uniformed. MAJOR GEN. LORD HUTCHINSON. Rev. Exchanging a treaty, Hutchinson facing the Bey of Egypt, who holds the reins of a rearing horse; a pyramid beyond. EGYPT DELIVERED. In exergue: SEPT 11 MDCCCI. AE 41 mm. By T. Webb/A. Dupre. Mudie 9, Eimer 934, BHM 509.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255055[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain, Battle of Waterloo medal, 1815 (Struck&nbsp; 1820). Obv. Bust r. HENRY WILLIAM MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY. Rev. Equestrian figure of Anglesey l., leading a cavalry charge. CHARGE OF THE BRITISH AT WATERLOO. Ex. JUNE XVIII. MDCCCXV. AE 41 mm. By G. Mills/ A.J. Depaulis. Mudie 34, Eimer 1069, BHM 859.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1255052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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