I'll see what other unusual animals I can find, but, as in my earlier thread, here are three octopi: One from Akragas (on the reverse): Two from Tarentum:
Tarentum again with 3 different animals: D is for DOLPHIN P is for PRAWN B is for BIRD (on reverse, with wings tied together)
S is for Squid? This coin is from the south-western end of the Arabian penninsula. It was minted in the first Century B.C. and the first A.D. Century. I'm only messing with you about the squid. It's obviously a bull's head & once you see the bull, you can't go back to the squid. ARABIA, Southern Saba' AR Unit (Light Drachm) ca. 50 B.C. – A.D. 50 2.15 gms, 14 to 15.4 mm Obv: Simple diademed head left with symbols in fields. Pellet within crescent at top, beaded boarder. Lower 50% of beading is off flan. Rev: Bucranium (Bull’s head) facing with symbols in fields Grade: Near Mint, lustrous and properly conserved. Slightly off center on a small diameter planchet. Other: No listing in my limited Sear books for this Southern Saba / Himyarite coin. SNG.ANS.1516. The biblical kingdom of ‘Sheba’ (ca. 1200 BC) was the ancient Semitic civilization of Saba’ in Southern Arabia (modern day Yemen). The ancient Saba’ Kingdom fell after civil war resulting in the rise of the late Himyarite Kingdom. Ex Pegasi, from Allen Berman October 2013. Ich habe Spaß heute in Deutschland. (Coin hunting tomorrow).
Naw, I think you should start that thread...and do some of the cool cartoons, animations, and characters that you make! Love your storyboards! LOL
In another thread, @Collect89 thinks I need to add my FROG Uncia since no one had one before from the Ancient period... F: FROG... Luceria AES Grave Anonymous 217-215 BCE Uncia 7.35g Obv: Frog, seen from above Rev: Corn Ear, pellet, retrograd L Thurlow & Vecchi 285
Well since this thread has been revived, here's a bear. Steve previously posted a modern bear and I posted an indistinguishable bear on a Septimius Severus Circus Maximius denarius, but this one's clearly a bear (yeah yeah yeah... it looks more like a friendly dog) The coin apparently celebrates a successful bear hunt. MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian After CE 123 Æ 16 mm, 2.30 gm Obv: AΔPIANOC AYΓOYCTOC; bare head right Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITN; head of she-bear left Ref: AMNG 565; SNG France 1091; RPC 1629. Rare. Hadrian was an avid hunter. From Cassius Dio's Roman History, part 69: "He also constructed theatres and held games as he travelled about from city to city, dispensing, however, with the imperial trappings; for he never used these outside Rome. And yet he did not see his native land, though he showed it great honour and bestowed many splendid gifts upon it. He is said to have been enthusiastic about hunting. Indeed, he broke his collar-bone at this pursuit and came near getting his leg maimed; and to a city that he founded in Mysia he gave the name of Hadrianotherae. However, he did not neglect any of the duties of his office because of this pastime. Some light is thrown upon his passion for hunting by what he did for his steed Borysthenes, which was his favourite horse for the chase; when the animal died, he prepared a tomb for him, set up a slab and placed an inscription upon it. 31 It is not strange, then, that upon the death of Plotina, the woman through whom he had secured the imperial office because of her love for him, he honoured her exceedingly, wearing black for nine days, erecting a temple to her and composing some hymns in her memory. ... He was so skilful in the chase that he once brought down a huge boar with a single blow."
Wow! That's some coin! Anyway, I never saw this thread (I think it pre-dates my membership). Anyway, just remember, there is a difference between a squid, an octopus, and a cuttlefish!
=> we already captured aquila on page-1 Funny though, because we didn't have any Cuttlefish or Squid examples (good call, Ken) => let's see 'em!!
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Welcome, @Sherwood forest Here are some useful links: CNG's archives. Good for seeing what has sold in the last couple of decades; useful for determining what a given coin might be worth now) ACsearch. A larger archive of previously auctioned coins. To see what the coins sold for you have to be a paid subscriber, but it is still a useful database even if you aren't a paid subscriber Vcoins. An online conglomeration of individual ancient coin dealers/companies. At any given point in time there is a vast array of ancient coins for sale here and it is a reputable marketplace.