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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2223657, member: 56859&quot;]C is for <b>C</b>ockle or <b>C</b>lam</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_621fad9f25b14ea4a6f4ec0d8bb5bb0e.jpg_srb_p_850_428_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Messana</b></p><p>420-413 BCE</p><p>AR litra.&nbsp; 13 mm, 0.6 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; hare springing right; shell below</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; MEΣ within wreath</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Caltabiano 569; SNG ANS 349</p><p><br /></p><p>Some listings refer to this as a scallop but I don&#039;t think that is correct.&nbsp; Scallops have &quot;ears&quot; at the hinge; the shell on this coin does not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cockle shell:</p><p><img src="http://www.jsoutfitters.net/cockle.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scallop shell:</p><p><img src="http://www.enhg.org/Portals/1/Resources/UAE/shells/scallop01.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>C is for <b>C</b>ow:</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_968b9ed4ebda4bbfb04163ef337317ef.jpg_srb_p_1000_520_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>THRACE, Byzantion</b></p><p>340-320 BCE</p><p>AR siglos, 17 mm, 5.0 gm</p><p>Obv: Heifer standing left on dolphin swimming to left</p><p>Rev: Incuse mill-sail pattern</p><p>Ref: SNG BM Black Sea 21</p><p><br /></p><p>C is for <b>C</b>rocodile (man, I really need to upgrade this coin!)</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_ada3e31c582a437f8e4fd88e85ce74d6.jpg_srb_p_850_433_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Augustus &amp; Agrippa</b></p><p>Gaul, Nemausus, c. CE 10-14</p><p>AE dupondius</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; IMP/DIVI F P-P, back-to-back heads of Agrippa, in combined rostral crown &amp; laurel wreath, and Augustus, laureate</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; COL-NEM, long, vertical palm with crocodile chained below, wreath to left of palm tip with ties trailing to right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC 160</p><p><i>ex Professor James R. Eaton (1834-1897) Collection; this coin was in his family until I purchased it from Stack&#039;s.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>C is for <b>C</b>rab (hooboy, another coin badly in need of upgrade)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sicilyakragassml23med-jpg.303805/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Akragas</b></p><p>425-406 BCE</p><p>AE hexas </p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Eagle, with head lowered, standing right on hare</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Crab, two fish (?) below, dots above and to one side</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Calciati 63v?</p><p><br /></p><p>I know many of you have other interesting C animals:&nbsp; cuttlefish, cock or chicken, camel, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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