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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 7923675, member: 57495&quot;]I could be wrong, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever seen anyone post an ancient with a fox on it before.&nbsp; This one&#039;s from &#039;fox island&#039;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368969[/ATTACH]<b>THRACE, Alopkonessos</b></p><p>AE13. 2.33g, 13.5mm. THRACE, Alopekonnesos, circa 3rd-2nd centuries BC. HGC 3.2, 1307; Yarkin 59. O: Helmeted head of Athena to right. R: ΑΛΩ-ΠΕΚΟΝ, Fox standing to right; ear of grain before. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, camels are comparatively common.&nbsp; How about a camel with a rider on it, though?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368970[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MESOPOTAMIA. Adiabene. Natounia</b></p><p>AE22. 6.62g, 21.8mm. MESOPOTAMIA, Adiabene. Natounia, circa 2nd - 1st centuries BC. CSE II 846; Hoover, Natounia Series 1, 1-7; Seyrig, Trésor 13a. O: Radiate and diademed male head (Helios-Shamash?) right. R: Rider (Arsu?) on camelback right, holding short staff in right hand; all within wreath border. </p><p><br /></p><p>Valens, with decidedly non-Christian goddess Isis on reverse. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368971[/ATTACH]<b>VALENS. Festival of Isis.</b></p><p>AE. 1.11g, 12.7mm. Rome mint, circa AD 364-378. Festival of Isis issue. Vagi -; Cohen VIII -; Alföldi -; Tesorillo online 6/29 (<i>this coin illustrated</i>). O: D N VALEN S P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right. R: VOTA PVBLICA, Isis standing left, holding sistrum and situla. Notes: Unpublished in the standard references and apparently the only example known. </p><p><br /></p><p>Not one of Augustus&#039;s more common (or popular?) reverse types?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1368972[/ATTACH]<b>AUGUSTUS</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;</b>AR Denarius. 3.64g, 19.9mm, Rome mint, 19-18 BC, P. Petronius Turpilianus, moneyer. RIC 297 (R2). O: CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head right. R: P PETRON TVRPILIAN III VIR, Pegasus walking right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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