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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2229829, member: 56859&quot;]<b>R</b> day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since hares are not really the same as rabbits, I&#039;ll refrain from posting my Messana hare again.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>R</b> is for <b>R</b>hino</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_4f5b6b0094ef4d6992ff9455c6689822.jpg_srb_p_1000_552_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria.&nbsp; Trajan</b></p><p>year 17, CE 113/4</p><p>dichalkon</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; rhino standing left; LIZ above</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Emmett 719v(17) R5, BMC 500</p><p><br /></p><p><b>R</b> is for <b>R</b>am</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_5453753b566d494d9ca6f606a3ec330c.jpg_srb_p_800_425_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Klazomenai</b></p><p>Mid-late 4th century BCE</p><p>Æ18 mm, 4.35 g</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; bust of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; KLAΖOMEN / AIΩN in two lines above, ram walking right; in right field, trophy</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Munich 484; SNG Copenhagen 86</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_9c7b51849c7e47e7b83d39f6351202fd.jpg_srb_p_1000_491_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SYRIA, uncertain (formerly attributed to Egyptian pharaoh Nektanebo II)</b></p><p>3rd century CE</p><p>AE11, 4.4 gm</p><p>Obv: Ram leaping left, head reverted</p><p>Rev: Scales; countermark with helmeted bust right</p><p>Ref: Weiser 1 (Nektanebo II of Egypt)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_59dd506b60354dc7b003e105fbd398a6.jpg_srb_p_800_384_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, L. Rustius</b></p><p>74 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 18 mm, 3.7 gm</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; helmeted head of Mars right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; ram standing right; L RVSTI in exergue</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 389/1, Sydenham 782, Rustia 1</p><p><br /></p><p>One of these days I&#039;ll upgrade that Rustius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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