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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2230370, member: 56859"]We're winding down... not a ton of options left for the remaining letters of the alphabet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's what's been shown so far. Please feel free to add animals you missed posting for prior letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Updated list through the letter R:</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Blue</span>: shown but not owned</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Red</span>: mythological</p><p><span style="color: #59b300">Green</span>: not ancient</p><p><br /></p><p>Antelope</p><p>Aquila/eagle</p><p>Ass</p><p>Bear</p><p>Bee</p><p>Bird</p><p>Bison</p><p>Boar</p><p>Bull</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Butterfly</span></p><p>Camel</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Capricorn</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Chimera</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Centaur</span></p><p>Cobra/Uraeus</p><p>Cockle/Clam</p><p>Cow</p><p>Crab</p><p>Crayfish</p><p>Crocodile</p><p>Crow</p><p>Doe/Deer</p><p>Dog</p><p>Dolphin</p><p>Dove</p><p><span style="color: #59b300">Dra</span><span style="color: #ff0000">gon</span></p><p>Eagle</p><p>Elephant</p><p>Fish</p><p>Fly</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Fox</span></p><p><span style="color: #59b300">Frog</span></p><p>Goat</p><p><span style="color: #000000">Goose</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Grasshopper</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Griffin/gryphon</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hare</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Heron</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hawk</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hippo</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Hippocamp</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Horse</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hound</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Ibis</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Impala</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Insect (nonspecific)</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Ketos</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Jackal-headed god (Hermanubis)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Jerboa (maybe <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Lion</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Lizard</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Monkey</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Mule</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Murex sea snail</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Octopus</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Ostrich</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Owl</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Oxen</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Panther</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Peacock</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Pegasus</span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Phoenix</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Pig</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Ram</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rat</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Raven</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rhino</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rooster</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">And now the day so many have been waiting for, S-day! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>S</b> is for <b>S</b>nake or <b>S</b>erpent:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f1c7411f7da140f1b37c8bba69f5a189.jpg_srb_p_1000_509_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><b>PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus</b></p><p>CE 251-253</p><p>Æ dichalkon, 25 mm, 13.39 gm, 6h</p><p>Obv: IMP C C VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right</p><p>Rev: COL TYRO METR[O?]; <b>serpent</b>-entwined baetyl; murex shell to left, palm tree to right</p><p>Ref: RPC IX online 1961; Rouvier 2476; Babelon 2296; AUB –; BMC –. Rare</p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><b>SICILY, Selinos</b></p><p>Circa 410 BCE</p><p>AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h</p><p>Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled <b>serpent</b> before her; selinon leaf above</p><p>Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right</p><p>Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Rare.</p><p><i>ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich;</i></p><p><i>ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404;</i></p><p><i>ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript.</i> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b253f019eb874641b1f598c2e54655ec.jpg_srb_p_850_426_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><b>THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla</b></p><p>CE 198-217 </p><p>AE29, 16.4 gm</p><p>Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios, holding staff with <b>snake</b>, seated right on back of winged <b>serpent</b></p><p>Ref: Varbanov 5007</p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_201af7c18b7845be864dbcae5950ae42.jpg_srb_p_1000_502_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>CELTIC, Central Europe (Rhineland). "Dancing Mannikin" type</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">65 -40 BCE, or thereabouts</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">AR Quinarius, 13 mm, 1.62 gm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obv: dancing mannikin right, head turned left, holding <b>snake</b> in right hand, torque in left hand.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rev: horse standing right, head turned left; around, zig zag border.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Ref: SLM 1118. Dembski 73, 396. <i>(I'll have to take the seller's word on that for now. If any of you have a Celtic reference and find this inaccurate, please let me know.)</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f36443d72f2645e8a8a5353c7749974c.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>MYSIA, Pergamon</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">76 BCE</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">12.4 gm </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obv: cista mystica with <b>serpent</b>; all within ivy wreath</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rev: bow-case with <b>serpents</b>; <b>snake</b>-entwined staff to the right; monogram left; AΠ above; monogram & star above </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Ref: Kleiner, Pergamum 25; Pinder 122</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b1ffa85f24c54fc2918749032a819ecd.jpg_srb_p_1000_504_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>Roman Imperatorial</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><b>moneyer L. Plautius Plancus, 47 BCE</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">AR Denarius, 3.79 gm</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Obv: L. PLAVTIVS; facing mask of Medusa, <b>serpents</b> at either side of face</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Rev: PLANCVS; Aurora flying right and conducting the four horses of the sun. Banker's mark in left field.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Ref: Plautia 15b Sear 429, Cr453/1b; Syd 959a.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><i>ex Jonathan K Kern Collection; formerly slabbed by NGC, XF, strike 5/5, surfaces 3/5, cert # 2400920-14</i> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2ebd7632d54445859792ca9a7c8e584d.jpg_srb_p_800_414_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c60085116c58401ba8e5a7f46b666a49.jpg_srb_p_800_410_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><b>Julius Caesar. 49-48 BCE</b></p><p>AR denarius</p><p>Struck by the military mint traveling with Caesar.</p><p>Obv: elephant standing right, trampling on <b>serpent</b>; CAESAR in exergue</p><p>Rev: simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest's hat.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2230370, member: 56859"]We're winding down... not a ton of options left for the remaining letters of the alphabet. Here's what's been shown so far. Please feel free to add animals you missed posting for prior letters. Updated list through the letter R: [COLOR=#0000ff]Blue[/COLOR]: shown but not owned [COLOR=#ff0000]Red[/COLOR]: mythological [COLOR=#59b300]Green[/COLOR]: not ancient Antelope Aquila/eagle Ass Bear Bee Bird Bison Boar Bull [COLOR=#0000ff]Butterfly[/COLOR] Camel [COLOR=#ff0000]Capricorn[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Chimera[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Centaur[/COLOR] Cobra/Uraeus Cockle/Clam Cow Crab Crayfish Crocodile Crow Doe/Deer Dog Dolphin Dove [COLOR=#59b300]Dra[/COLOR][COLOR=#ff0000]gon[/COLOR] Eagle Elephant Fish Fly [COLOR=#0000ff]Fox[/COLOR] [COLOR=#59b300]Frog[/COLOR] Goat [COLOR=#000000]Goose Grasshopper[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Griffin/gryphon[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Hare[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Heron[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Hawk Hippo[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Hippocamp[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Horse Hound Ibis Impala Insect (nonspecific)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Ketos Jackal-headed god (Hermanubis)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Jerboa (maybe :)) Lion Lizard Monkey Mule Murex sea snail Octopus Ostrich Owl Oxen Panther Peacock[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff0000]Pegasus Phoenix[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Pig Ram Rat Raven Rhino Rooster And now the day so many have been waiting for, S-day! :D [B]S[/B] is for [B]S[/B]nake or [B]S[/B]erpent: [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f1c7411f7da140f1b37c8bba69f5a189.jpg_srb_p_1000_509_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [/COLOR] [B]PHOENICIA, Tyre. Trebonianus Gallus[/B] CE 251-253 Æ dichalkon, 25 mm, 13.39 gm, 6h Obv: IMP C C VIBIVS TREBO GALLVS AVG; laureate and draped bust right Rev: COL TYRO METR[O?]; [B]serpent[/B]-entwined baetyl; murex shell to left, palm tree to right Ref: RPC IX online 1961; Rouvier 2476; Babelon 2296; AUB –; BMC –. Rare [COLOR=#000000] [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_cf0a4cb8819a4227958adff7b6c93c43.jpg_srb_p_1000_522_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [/COLOR] [B]SICILY, Selinos[/B] Circa 410 BCE AR litra, 11mm, 0.76 g, 1h Obv: nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled [B]serpent[/B] before her; selinon leaf above Rev: man-faced bull standing right; ΣEΛINONTIOΣ above; in exergue, fish right Ref: HGC 2, 1229; SNG ANS 711–2 var. (ethnic); SNG Ashmolean 1904–5; SNG Lloyd 1270 var. (same); Basel –; Dewing –; Rizzo pl. XXXIII, 6. Rare. [I]ex MoneyMuseum, Zurich; ex Leu 79 (31 October 2000), lot 404; ex Athos Moretti collection, #482, unpublished manuscript.[/I] [COLOR=#000000] [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b253f019eb874641b1f598c2e54655ec.jpg_srb_p_850_426_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [/COLOR] [B]THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla[/B] CE 198-217 AE29, 16.4 gm Obv: AYT K M AY CEY ANTΩNEINOC; Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: OYΛΠIAC ΠAYTAΛIAC; Asklepios, holding staff with [B]snake[/B], seated right on back of winged [B]serpent[/B] Ref: Varbanov 5007 [COLOR=#000000] [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_201af7c18b7845be864dbcae5950ae42.jpg_srb_p_1000_502_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [B]CELTIC, Central Europe (Rhineland). "Dancing Mannikin" type[/B] 65 -40 BCE, or thereabouts AR Quinarius, 13 mm, 1.62 gm Obv: dancing mannikin right, head turned left, holding [B]snake[/B] in right hand, torque in left hand. Rev: horse standing right, head turned left; around, zig zag border. Ref: SLM 1118. Dembski 73, 396. [I](I'll have to take the seller's word on that for now. If any of you have a Celtic reference and find this inaccurate, please let me know.)[/I] [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_f36443d72f2645e8a8a5353c7749974c.jpg_srb_p_1000_512_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [B]MYSIA, Pergamon[/B] 76 BCE 12.4 gm Obv: cista mystica with [B]serpent[/B]; all within ivy wreath Rev: bow-case with [B]serpents[/B]; [B]snake[/B]-entwined staff to the right; monogram left; AΠ above; monogram & star above Ref: Kleiner, Pergamum 25; Pinder 122 [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b1ffa85f24c54fc2918749032a819ecd.jpg_srb_p_1000_504_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [B]Roman Imperatorial moneyer L. Plautius Plancus, 47 BCE[/B] AR Denarius, 3.79 gm Obv: L. PLAVTIVS; facing mask of Medusa, [B]serpents[/B] at either side of face Rev: PLANCVS; Aurora flying right and conducting the four horses of the sun. Banker's mark in left field. Ref: Plautia 15b Sear 429, Cr453/1b; Syd 959a. [I]ex Jonathan K Kern Collection; formerly slabbed by NGC, XF, strike 5/5, surfaces 3/5, cert # 2400920-14[/I] [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_2ebd7632d54445859792ca9a7c8e584d.jpg_srb_p_800_414_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [IMG]http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_c60085116c58401ba8e5a7f46b666a49.jpg_srb_p_800_410_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb[/IMG] [/COLOR] [B]Julius Caesar. 49-48 BCE[/B] AR denarius Struck by the military mint traveling with Caesar. Obv: elephant standing right, trampling on [B]serpent[/B]; CAESAR in exergue Rev: simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest's hat. Ref: Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006 [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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