Ancient Coin Animals by Alphabet

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Welcome back from your summer vacation, @stevex6!

We've waited for you before starting this thread, since in addition to being King of CoinTalk you are also Mr. Animal Coin.

Let's shoot for a new letter every day. If we get a little out of order, so be it.

Today's thread is brought to you by the letter A.

A is for...

Oh how embarrassing. I have no A-animal coins.

I bet some of you have an antelope or two.

 

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Love it!

 

I have an E... lol, don't want to get out of order already.

 

I'm not keen on posting other peoples' coins, but I have nothing for A, and somebody needs to get this show on the road. This is an ant of Gallienus currently in my store, with antelope reverse - really nice for the type. (Quality control at the mint during the time of Gallienus took a leaping belly flop into the pool of mediocrity.)

 

Wow TIF, great idea for a thread .... yes, this theme is right up my alley!!

=> post your sweet ASS-photos!!

MACEDON, Mende. AR Tritartemorion
Circa 460-423 BC
Diameter: 10 mm
Weight: 0.62 grams
Obverse: Ass standing right
Reverse: Crow standing left within incuse square




=> ahhhh, it's good to be back!!

 

Technically, only a donkey is an ass - a mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. But it's CT, so who cares? It's not like we're taxonomists.

 

I just got this coin so I haven't been able to get all the information on it yet.

My bad, Salonina has a doe. Here's the right one. Gallienus
Antelope standing left

 

=> ahaha JA, thanks for the lesson ...

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/difference-between-a-donkey-and-a-mule/

... man, ya learn something new every day on this site, eh?

 

PHRYGIA, Apameia. Circa 88-40 BC. Æ Andronikos, son of Alkios, magistrate.

Reference.
HGC 7, 670; SNG Copenhagen 163; BMC 37–9.

Obv.
Helmeted bust of Athena right, wearing aegis.

Rev. ANΔPONIK[OΣ]/[AΛKIOY] in two lines below
Eagle landing right on maeander pattern; star above, caps of the Dioskouroi flanking.

8.72 gr
22 mm
1h

 

Aquila

Sextus Pompey, Son of Pompey the Great,
AR Denarius (Sicily, Messana)
42-40 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.5 grams
Obverse: MAG PIVS IMP ITER, galley adorned with aquila, sceptre and trident before the Pharos (Lighthouse) of Messana, decorated with a statue of Neptune
Reverse: PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C, the monster Scylla, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club

=> good job Oki ... don't let JA drag ya down, my friend!! (but I'm probably gonna wait for "E" to post any more of my eagle coins)

 

It may not be as magnificent as that Gallienus JA posted but here is an antelope of Philip I's officina marked series from the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome series. It is a fact that the workmanship of the mint took a real dive between Philip and Gallienus. We like the Gallienus zoo as they are but imagine what we would have had if the series came at the start of his reign when the mint was still doing halfway decent work. With few exceptions, Philip was really the last emperor with a combination of good, large animals and well made coins. After Philip and Gallienus we get some wolves and horses but not much variety until Leo did his lion in AE4.


It will be interesting to see if we can come up with half of the letters without stretching a point.

 

Uh, I'm not sure you're grasping the idea oki. Alphabetical animals - first day, ants, antelopes, asses; next day birds and bees; next day cougars and crabs.

 

aegle?

 

oops eagle

 

Correct you are, unless applied to Congress.

 

Steve snuck in an eagle under the guise of its latin name (aquila). I'm not sure what Oki was doing .

 

english my 3e language sorry

 

I'm assuming mythological animals are in? Or are we ignoring the the flying pigs and centaurs?

 

No apologies necessary. Just good-natured teasing.

 

I think we should post any animal that remotely fits . Mythologic is fine.