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<p>[QUOTE="Limes, post: 4578230, member: 101013"]Great idea for a thread! Coins with animals on them are neat. Too bad my favorite animal, the common domesticated cat, is missing. Does a coin with the common kitty exist? </p><p>I'm not sure what would make an animal on a coin scarce/rare. Thats also quite difficult to determine, i guess. For example: wolf is quite common on Roman coins, if you take into account late roman bronzes like the one below. Do you take into account all ancient coins? Or only, for example, Roman provincial? And would you also take into account the images of moneyers? (Excusez-moi in case I misunderstand your intention <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>I also wouldn't consider raven's or ibis/hippo rare. They are more or less pretty available via a coin of Vitellius resp. the Aegyptos/Nilus travel coin of Hadrian mentioned above.</p><p>Last comment from me, the more or less common coins are often difficult to obtain, if you take into consideration price. This might be relevant for new collectors as well, although its not my intention to start a price list of course <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> An example: many coins of Caesar with the elephant/snake available, they're just quite expensive!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133628[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Limes, post: 4578230, member: 101013"]Great idea for a thread! Coins with animals on them are neat. Too bad my favorite animal, the common domesticated cat, is missing. Does a coin with the common kitty exist? I'm not sure what would make an animal on a coin scarce/rare. Thats also quite difficult to determine, i guess. For example: wolf is quite common on Roman coins, if you take into account late roman bronzes like the one below. Do you take into account all ancient coins? Or only, for example, Roman provincial? And would you also take into account the images of moneyers? (Excusez-moi in case I misunderstand your intention :)) I also wouldn't consider raven's or ibis/hippo rare. They are more or less pretty available via a coin of Vitellius resp. the Aegyptos/Nilus travel coin of Hadrian mentioned above. Last comment from me, the more or less common coins are often difficult to obtain, if you take into consideration price. This might be relevant for new collectors as well, although its not my intention to start a price list of course :) An example: many coins of Caesar with the elephant/snake available, they're just quite expensive! [ATTACH=full]1133628[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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