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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2948699, member: 19463"]Assorted elephants but none so impressive:</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus AE as Rome mint</p><p>[ATTACH=full]719767[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus denarii Rome mint - MVNIFICENTIA AVG - These come with IMP VIII and VIIII dates on the obverse and are hard to find with full legends. Mine are not great specimens but there are worse. There is discussion whether the cross hatched texture on the elephant is cloth/armor or just the way they depicted rough elephant hide. There are several variations of head/trunk position but I see no reason to suggest this means any more than individual die variation. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]719768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]719769[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Philip I antoninianus Rome mint AETERNITAS AVGG</p><p>[ATTACH=full]719772[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>same but Eastern (Antioch?) mint Note these two have different obverse legends but that alone does not separate the mints. Some have portraits that look young and are attributed to Philip II but I am not fully convinced as to what the intent of the die cutter was in every case. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]719773[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My Titus denarius is too worn to be of much help. I recall seeing discussion that suggested the rounded ears on these might indicate the extinct European elephant but I have never researched that beyond seeing that once long ago. For one thing, you need a better coin to see the ears but even if they are round we can't prove this means the die cutter actually saw animals with small, round ears. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]719781[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are elephants on Greek coins and those of the East not to mention Provincial Romans if we are to expand the list beyond Imperials.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2948699, member: 19463"]Assorted elephants but none so impressive: Commodus AE as Rome mint [ATTACH=full]719767[/ATTACH] Septimius Severus denarii Rome mint - MVNIFICENTIA AVG - These come with IMP VIII and VIIII dates on the obverse and are hard to find with full legends. Mine are not great specimens but there are worse. There is discussion whether the cross hatched texture on the elephant is cloth/armor or just the way they depicted rough elephant hide. There are several variations of head/trunk position but I see no reason to suggest this means any more than individual die variation. [ATTACH=full]719768[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]719769[/ATTACH] Philip I antoninianus Rome mint AETERNITAS AVGG [ATTACH=full]719772[/ATTACH] same but Eastern (Antioch?) mint Note these two have different obverse legends but that alone does not separate the mints. Some have portraits that look young and are attributed to Philip II but I am not fully convinced as to what the intent of the die cutter was in every case. [ATTACH=full]719773[/ATTACH] My Titus denarius is too worn to be of much help. I recall seeing discussion that suggested the rounded ears on these might indicate the extinct European elephant but I have never researched that beyond seeing that once long ago. For one thing, you need a better coin to see the ears but even if they are round we can't prove this means the die cutter actually saw animals with small, round ears. [ATTACH=full]719781[/ATTACH] There are elephants on Greek coins and those of the East not to mention Provincial Romans if we are to expand the list beyond Imperials.[/QUOTE]
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