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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2228061, member: 56859&quot;]The back half of the alphabet includes some letters which are unlikely to have animals.&nbsp; Let&#039;s do another double today:&nbsp; <b>M</b> and <b>N</b>.&nbsp; There may not be any N coins without getting a bit &quot;creative&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>M</b> is for <b>M</b>onkey:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_1224ab3120ba448fadc224f033302aa3.jpg_srb_p_700_353_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>MACEDON, Pangeion region</b></p><p>Uncertain mint, 5th century BCE</p><p>AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm </p><p>Obv: monkey squatting left</p><p>Rev: round shield or pellet within incuse square</p><p>Ref: &quot;Uncertain Thraco-Macedonian Coins, Part II&quot;,&nbsp; Nomismatika Khronika (1998), 67</p><p><i>This enigmatic series showing a monkey squatting either right or left with a round shield on the reverse, is the only Greek coinage of the classical period to depict such an animal. Monkeys are known to have been kept as house pets in antiquity, but its significance in this context is unknown.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><b>M</b> is for <b>M</b>eerkat <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]437606[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>(image borrowed without permission from [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] )</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see your mules and mice!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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