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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 8177951, member: 81887&quot;]Thanks to all contributors, especially [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] for his thorough rundown of camels on ancient coins.&nbsp; Not sure if that qualifies as a &quot;serious&quot; thread (at least by the standards of a certain other forum) but I found it entertaining and informative.&nbsp; As to whether camels should be considered &quot;rare&quot; on ancient coins:&nbsp; While they are not as scarce as, say, rhinos or ostriches (for each of which I am aware of only one type featuring them), camels are scarcer than a lot of other animals like elephants or eagles.&nbsp; I do own examples of some previously-shown camel coins.&nbsp; Roman Republic featuring Aretas III:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429382[/ATTACH] </p><p>Trajan announcing the annexation of Nabataea, on both bronze and silver:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429384[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429385[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Oops! I guess this thread has lost all its seriousness, now that I&#039;m just showing off my coins and trolling for more Likes.&nbsp; Why would anyone want to show pictures of their coins, in a forum dedicated to discussion of coins?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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