I figured since the Thanksgiving season is here that we post coins bearing horns of plenty (cornucopia). I read a thread about a 1/2 sol and saw one on the reverse. http://www.cointalk.com/t139057/?pagenumber=
The cornucopia is a mintmark on several world coins. I don't know if I have any pictures but I'll look.
heres a couple Antoninus Pius, August 138 - 7 March 161 A.D. Silver denarius, RIC III 300, RSC II 383, F, 18.119g, 17.7mm, 180o, Rome mint, 159 - 160 A.D.; obverse ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head right; reverse FORTVNA COS IIII, Fortuna standing right, cornucopia in left, long rudder on globe in right. Hadrian 117-138 AD Silver Denarius (3.35 gm) Rome Mint 118 AD Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG ; Laureate heroic bust right, drapery on left shoulder. Rev: P M TR P COS II ; Pax standing left with olive branch & cornucopiae, PAX in exergue. RIC II 44a ; Sear II 3511 Galerius AE Follis. 311 AD. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, llaureate head right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius pouring libation from patera, S to left, three vertical dots in right field, MKV in ex. ric 65
Right, so if size does not matter, have a look at this one for example. A French 20 cent coin, with the mintmark of the Monnaie de Paris above the "seven o'clock" star. Christian
Common privy mark on coins minted in Paris. Rollbama13 spotted them on his coin; take a look at other French coins minted in roughly the past century and you'll probably see them.
The French mintmark can also be found on today's coins which, despite the company name "Monnaie de Paris", are all minted in Pessac near Bordeaux ... Also, here is an Italian 1 lira coin which has a horn of plenty too: http://www.numispedia.de/upload/9/9f/1_Lire_Waage_1970.jpg Christian
As mentioned, many Peruvian coins make use of the cornucopia as a symbol of wealth. Here is an interesting peruvian Sol dated 1864, with the additional interesting feature that the bottom row of coins falling from the cornucopia each bear a small letter spelling out the name of the then mint director (Dionisio Derteano). This illegal modification was made "off-line" at the mint, and for the sole benefit of the mint director, who viewed the mint as his own personal source of wealth (!) This is a very rare coin also. As mentioned before, the cornucopia was a motif which was commonly used by the Roman and Greeks on their coinage. Here are a sestertius of the emperors Vitellius and Hadrian both featuring a standing figure (Moneta, Pax, Concordia, Abundantia, Libertas, Felicitas, etc) bearing the cornucopia.
Ancient of Days From the Wildwinds database -- many: just search Romans and Greeks both for "cornucopia." This is probably the best of them all: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Arsinoe II AV Oktadrachm or Mnaieion. Alexandria mint, struck under Ptolemy II, 253-246 BC. Diademed & veiled head right, lotus scepter behind head; K to left / APSINOHS FILADELFOY, , double cornucopiae bound with fillet. Troxell 3, Svoronos 475. But see also the Cistophoric Tetradrachms
