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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2228567, member: 56859&quot;]Hopefully O-day bring out more coins than did M-N-day...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>O</b> is for <b>O</b>strich</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]437785[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p>Rome,&nbsp; CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina&#039;s other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an <b>ostrich</b> at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; RIC 274; BMC 343.&nbsp; </p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>O</b> is for <b>O</b>ctopus</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b951978245b64425a71013018a99516d.jpg_srb_p_850_436_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Dionysos I</b></p><p>390 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; head of nymph facing slightly left, wearing necklace</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; octopus</p><p>Ref: CNS 29; SNG ANS 385</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_61a36d205a14409b827d2aec9e29cfc0.jpg_srb_p_1000_510_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Sicily, Syracuse.&nbsp; Second Democracy</b></p><p>c. 425 BCE</p><p>Æ tetras, 13 mm, 1.9 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Female head right; XXX before</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Hippocamp right, octopus below</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; CNS 30; SNG ANS 1382[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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