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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 8171863, member: 56859"]Happy birthday, A. A. Milne! </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a bear or two..</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3efb7ae46e1248198ef26a182b439cb4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_511,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_3efb7ae46e1248198ef26a182b439cb4~mv2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian</b></p><p>After CE 123</p><p>Æ 16 mm, 2.30 gm</p><p>Obv: AΔPIANOC AYΓOYCTOC; bare head right</p><p>Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITN; head of she-bear left</p><p>Ref: AMNG 565; SNG France 1091; RPC 1629. Rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a second example of the Hadrian/bear but can't find the pictures... an increasing common problem as my collection and documentation is in chaos <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy342%2FAncientJoe%2FSmallCircus2_zps69282e54.jpg&hash=f755f5c3c9d6f49933381d1bd6c30a7c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Septimius Severus</b></p><p>Rome, CE 206</p><p>AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h</p><p>Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison</p><p>Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343.</p><p><i>ex Colosseo Collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Still not quite sure which of the four-legged critters on this coin is supposed to be a bear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 8171863, member: 56859"]Happy birthday, A. A. Milne! I have a bear or two.. [IMG]https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_3efb7ae46e1248198ef26a182b439cb4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_511,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_3efb7ae46e1248198ef26a182b439cb4~mv2.jpg[/IMG] [B]MYSIA, Hadrianothera. Hadrian[/B] After CE 123 Æ 16 mm, 2.30 gm Obv: AΔPIANOC AYΓOYCTOC; bare head right Rev: AΔPIANOΘHPITN; head of she-bear left Ref: AMNG 565; SNG France 1091; RPC 1629. Rare. I have a second example of the Hadrian/bear but can't find the pictures... an increasing common problem as my collection and documentation is in chaos :sorry:.:sorry: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi1028.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy342%2FAncientJoe%2FSmallCircus2_zps69282e54.jpg&hash=f755f5c3c9d6f49933381d1bd6c30a7c[/IMG] [B]Septimius Severus[/B] Rome, CE 206 AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev: LAETITIA TEMPORVM, the spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing left, with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing left; below, seven animals: an ostrich at left and a bear at right; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison Ref: RIC 274; BMC 343. [I]ex Colosseo Collection[/I] [I][/I] Still not quite sure which of the four-legged critters on this coin is supposed to be a bear.[/QUOTE]
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