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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8213323, member: 57495&quot;]That&#039;s a great example!&nbsp; This type is still on the want list for my animal coin menagerie.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think one possibility would be that it relates to a game or festival at the city during Gordian III&#039;s reign (I could be wrong but it seems this type was only issued under him?) where ostriches were brought in as a memorable spectacle .&nbsp; For similar reasons we find Imperial coins featuring the elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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