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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4132874, member: 110350"]A great set! Perhaps someday I'll be able to complete mine, although a lot of the ones I see for sale don't look that great. (The worst of them is still better than most of the Gallienus "zoo" coins, though.) I think the hippo you posted is my favorite -- that's the best one I've seen!</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the deer or stag is # V, not IV.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we call a moose, don't they call an elk in Europe? I don't think they use the word moose there.</p><p><br /></p><p>How can you tell which elephant comes from the Rome mint and which from the East? Judging by the difference between your two elephants, I think that perhaps mine also comes from the Rome mint, because I think mine looks more like that one: in the one from the Eastern mint (as with most of the ones I've seen), the rider's second crop or goad is raised rather than lying flat (or non-existent; it's hard to tell).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4132874, member: 110350"]A great set! Perhaps someday I'll be able to complete mine, although a lot of the ones I see for sale don't look that great. (The worst of them is still better than most of the Gallienus "zoo" coins, though.) I think the hippo you posted is my favorite -- that's the best one I've seen! I believe the deer or stag is # V, not IV. What we call a moose, don't they call an elk in Europe? I don't think they use the word moose there. How can you tell which elephant comes from the Rome mint and which from the East? Judging by the difference between your two elephants, I think that perhaps mine also comes from the Rome mint, because I think mine looks more like that one: in the one from the Eastern mint (as with most of the ones I've seen), the rider's second crop or goad is raised rather than lying flat (or non-existent; it's hard to tell).[/QUOTE]
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