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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26713472, member: 135271&quot;]I like coins with animals. So did the Romans!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Elephant:</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1705585[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>ANTONINUS PIUS, AD 138-161</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE As (28.12mm, 13.73g, 11h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 148/9. Rome mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate head of Antoninus Pius right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, African elephant walking left, COS IIII S C in exergue</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC III 863, RCV 4308 var.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Well-struck on a heavy flan. Masterfully engraved elephant. This type commemorates the public games held in celebration of the 900th anniversary of the founding of Rome.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><b>Rhinoceros:</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1705586[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>DOMITIAN, AD 81-96</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Quadrans (17.62mm, 2.58g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 84/5. Rome mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: African rhinoceros, head down, charging left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around large S C</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC II 250, RCV 2835</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>A choice specimen, perfectly centered and well-struck from artistic dies. This type recalls a rhinoceros which fought in the Colosseum during Domitian&#039;s reign; these coins were likely distributed as largesse to the crowds in attendance on that occasion.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Hippopotamus:</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1705587[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Claudius</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Diobol (22.41mm, 5.79g, 1h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 41-46</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ΤΙ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙ ϹƐΒΑϹ ΓƐΡΜΑ, laureate head of Claudius right, star to lower right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: ΑVΤΟΚΡΑ, hippopotamus standing right, [uncertain] date in exergue</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>cf. RPC I 5124</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Worn surfaces with edge irregularity. A decent hippopotamus.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ostrich:</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1705588[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>THRACE, HADRIANOPOLIS</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Gordian III</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE (16.83mm, 3.35g, 7h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 238-244</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΝΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑΝΟϹ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Gordian III right, seen from rear</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, ostrich standing right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RPC Online, Vol. VII.2, No. 806.12 (this coin)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>A rare type, with good detail and a beautiful emerald green patina.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rooster:</b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1705589[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>PISIDIA, ANTIOCH</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Time of Antoninus Pius</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE (14.26mm, 1.30g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 138-161</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: ANTIOCH, draped bust of Mercury/Hermes left; to right, caduceus</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: CO-LONI, rooster walking right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RPC Online, Vol. IV.3, No. 7350</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>An attractive specimen, with a dark patina and coppery highlights.</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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