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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2230938, member: 56859&quot;]<b>T-day!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Since there aren&#039;t many possibilities for the remaining letters, tomorrow we&#039;ll do the last six letters as a group).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>T</b> is for <b>T</b>ortoise and <b>T</b>urtle:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_0e8a64fd686b4cc8be166f21f1444dfa.jpg_srb_p_1000_531_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina</b></p><p>456/45-431 BCE</p><p>AR stater; 20mm, 12.32 g</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; land <b>tortoise</b>, head in profile, with segmented shell</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; large square incuse with skew pattern</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; SNG Delepierre 1774ff; BMC Taf. 24.11</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_b2463eacaf284d72a125ec1218c5b0f5.jpg_srb_p_1000_527_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina</b></p><p>475-470 BCE</p><p>AR obol; 0.97 gm</p><p>Obv: sea <b>turtle</b> with single row of dots on back</p><p>Rev: windmill-shaped incuse punch</p><p>Ref: SNG Delepierre 1511; SNG Cop. 505</p><p><br /></p><p><b>T</b> is for <b>T</b>igress, although the type of feline on this coin is debatable (Panther?&nbsp; Lioness?&nbsp; This one looks decidedly striped, hence &quot;tigress&quot;.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_7dc9576b0c384641b3f4deaf398cafd7.jpg_srb_p_1000_534_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Gallienus, sole reign</b></p><p>CE 260-268</p><p>Antoninianus, Rome mint</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; LIBERO P CONS AVG, striped <b>tigress</b> standing left; B in exergue Ref:&nbsp; RIC V 230 (Sole reign)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Tiger/panther issue as per <a href="http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm" rel="nofollow">Helvetica&#039;s spreadsheet on Gallienus antoniniani</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>TIGRESS (or PANTHER): All coins of officina B depict the animal walking left. The only example of a &quot;walking right&quot; type in the British museum has an unusual upright posture. The LIBERO.. legend refers to the Roman version of Dionysus with whom two members of the cat family are associated: the panther and the tiger.&nbsp; <b>The stripes and neck ruff which are often visible on these coins would indicate a tigress, despite RIC&#039;s description of them being panthers.</b> But maybe the die engravers didn&#039;t have a clear idea of which cat species they were engraving.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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