Ancient Coin Animals by Alphabet

S is for Stag.

BRUTTIUM, Kaulonia
AR Stater
480-425 B.C.
8.04 grams, 19 - 20 mm
Obv: Apollo naked walking right.
Retrograde KAVA on left,
small stag figure on right.
(sm. stag standing r. facing l.)
Rev: Large stag standing right
Grade: Overall Fine condition.
Obverse a bit rough with some
details of retrograde letters &
small stag figure lost to antiquity.
The reverse large stag is a VF,
well centered & attractive.
Other: Kaulonia was destroyed by Dionysios I of Syracuse in 388 B.C. CNG puts this coin type at ca. 525 - 500 B.C. and Wildwinds puts it ca. 470-440 B.C. Sear #462 puts this coin at 480 B.C. earliest. From Allen Berman 6/15

Anyone have an ancient coin depicting Stevex6? He's the party animal.

Edit to add: Somewhat tempted to photoshop stevex6 head onto Apollo's body but can't do that from my phone.

 

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i know this isn't an ancient, but how cool is it to have s for "sable" on this russian coin (part of the coat of arms of siberia)?





here are some greek stags to keep things ancient.

 

S is for Snow Leopard which is what lives in the mountains around Chach. Tarnavch 8th century AD. Yes, lion is just as likely an ID.

 

T-day!

Since there aren't many possibilities for the remaining letters, tomorrow we'll do the last six letters as a group).

T is for Tortoise and Turtle:


ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina
456/45-431 BCE
AR stater; 20mm, 12.32 g
Obv: land tortoise, head in profile, with segmented shell
Rev: large square incuse with skew pattern
Ref: SNG Delepierre 1774ff; BMC Taf. 24.11


ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina
475-470 BCE
AR obol; 0.97 gm
Obv: sea turtle with single row of dots on back
Rev: windmill-shaped incuse punch
Ref: SNG Delepierre 1511; SNG Cop. 505

T is for Tigress, although the type of feline on this coin is debatable (Panther? Lioness? This one looks decidedly striped, hence "tigress".)


Gallienus, sole reign
CE 260-268
Antoninianus, Rome mint
Obv: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right
Rev: LIBERO P CONS AVG, striped tigress standing left; B in exergue Ref: RIC V 230 (Sole reign)

The Tiger/panther issue as per Helvetica's spreadsheet on Gallienus antoniniani:

TIGRESS (or PANTHER): All coins of officina B depict the animal walking left. The only example of a "walking right" type in the British museum has an unusual upright posture. The LIBERO.. legend refers to the Roman version of Dionysus with whom two members of the cat family are associated: the panther and the tiger. The stripes and neck ruff which are often visible on these coins would indicate a tigress, despite RIC's description of them being panthers. But maybe the die engravers didn't have a clear idea of which cat species they were engraving.

 

Tortoise

Tigress

 

Well, I was debating whether I should save this next coin for my "Y" example (YERTLE) ... but since the rest of you rock-stars are posting your examples under "T" I'll follow suit ...

TURTLE

Attica Aegina
(Sea Turtle)

 

Turtle!!

 

Frist, want to welcome back jw, hope you had a great trip!!!
Wow awesome coins coming out!!
A few that i missed,

Owl...

Two Stags...

Snake..


Snake head in hand..


Turtle...
Live action...

 

Let's not forget the tunas found on the fractional silver of Kyzikos...

 

Thanks John. It's good to be back. I just have to catch up on the yard work. Yuk.

 

LOL, I just always tell my wife that yardwork is against my religion. She's a city/burb gal, Ima farmboy.

 

I think I'm becoming a condo guy real soon.

 

LOL, after 6 daughters and now caring for my mo-in-law at my home, I am in total agreement... Condo sounds GREAT!

BTW, I did not post a 'D', so I will post my L Lucretius Trio RR AR Denarius that I JUST purchased a couple hours ago at the Charlotte Show... HOT OFF THE PRESS:

Roman Republic
AR Denarius 76 BCE
Moneyer: L Lucretius Trio
18.3mm, 3.6g
Obv: Laurel Head of Neptune r, Trident over Shoulder, control-numeral behind (V as 5... no, not a Quinarius!)
Rev: Winged Boy (deified Palaemon?) riding on back of Dolphin r, L LVCRETI / TRIO below.
Sear 322, Crawford 390/2

LOL, saw SOoooo many DOLPHINS (virtually all Greeks recently on CT), that I HAD to get an RR Dolphin!!! Balance out the playing field a bit...

 

=> well, okay then ...

Looks like it's time to pull out the ol' WOLF-PACK!!

 

Whoops, late start today. Final group: U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

W is for Wolf:


ARGOLIS, Argos
330-270 BCE
AR Triobol or Hemidrachm, 14mm, 2.4 g
Obv: forepart of wolf left, retrograde Σ above
Rev: large A; Π–Ρ above, club below; all within shallow incuse square
Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 1083.3; HGC 5, 667
ex Dr. Georgios I. Michael Collection


ARGOLIS, Argos
330-270 BCE
AR Triobol or Hemidrachm, 13mm, 2.5 g
Obv: forepart of wolf left
Rev: Large A; triskeles below; all within shallow incuse square
Ref: BCD Peloponnesos 1075.2; HGC 5, 667
from CNG e-auction 315, Nov. 2013
ex Dr. Georgios I. Michael Collection


Roman Republic, Anonymous
Rome, 115-114 BCE
AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.91 g, 10 h
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA below
Rev: Roma, helmeted, seated on two shields, holding spear before her, she-wolf standing right at her feet, head turned back, sucking Romulus and Remus. In left and right fields, two birds flying towards her.
Ref: Crawford 287/1

 

Oh, and TIF => ummm sorry it's late, but I'd like to use this baby as my Partridge-example as well (I'm not sure if somebody had already received partridge-credit?) ... yah, if you look way at the top of the reverse, you'll see a cool partridge in the branches (nailed it!!)

thanks

Great thread (you rock, Princess ... or is it Queen?)

 

I missed de' turtles... but they look fantastic as usual guys.

 

Please feel free to post any animals you missed. After a few more days we'll tally the posts and see which letters we missed and within those missed letters, any existing ancient coins fitting the letter.

@stevex6 needs help with his shopping list .