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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2232007, member: 56859&quot;]Great job, everyone!&nbsp; Tomorrow I&#039;ll sum it up and fill in some missing letters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, some attributions of the Septimius Severus &quot;Circus&quot; denarius indicate a zebra.&nbsp; I think I&#039;ll revise the description on my Circus denarius.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the same type from CNG&#039;s archives, with their descriptions.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen the animals called various things and have no idea how the animals can be determined with any certainty.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to go with zebra instead of lioness for my coin because I want to post a Z animal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG&#039;s:</p><p><img src="http://cngcoins.com/photos/enlarged/81001057.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus. </b>AD 193-211. AR Denarius (3.80 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 202. Laureate head right / Ship with mast and sail in center of circus; above, four quadrigae driven left; below, ostrich, lion, <b>zebra</b>, bear and stag right, bull butting left, bear right, head left. RIC 274; RSC 253</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine:</p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_e3dcf4a6e24546dea0dbed06fe9ddb4a.jpg_srb_p_1000_517_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some of you have another Z animal... a <b>zebu</b> (hump-backed cattle) depicted on certain Bactrian coins and a few others.&nbsp; Let&#039;s see them!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kujyL3hPIrk/TaLZmlrBrwI/AAAAAAAACN4/nZ4FtQQP3vE/s320/0100z.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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