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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4981017, member: 57495"]Congrats on the 9-month anniversary - you’ve been a happy addition to the family - as well as the excellent coins. I love the baby elephant on the Septimius, and the A-Pi is a great example of the type! </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rr-julius-caesar-elephant-ex-kelly-2987-jpg.979909/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>JULIUS CAESAR</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.91g, 18.4mm. Military mint traveling with Caesar (in northern Italy?), April - August 49 BC. Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006. O: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR below. R: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex.</p><p>Ex Michael Kelly Collection </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antiochos-vi-serrate-jpg.979910/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>SELEUKID KINGDOM</b></p><p><b>Antiochos VI Dionysos</b></p><p>AE24 Serrate. 7.03g, 23.8mm. Antioch mint, circa 143-142 BC. SC 2006; HGC 9, 1043. O: Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI right, wreathed with ivy. R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY above elephant walking left; ΣTA above cornucopiae to right, EΠIΦANOYΣ ∆IONYΣOY below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/taxila-karshapana-jpg.983321/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Punjab)</b></p><p>AE 1 1/2 Karshapana. 12.21g, 21.2mm x 19mm. Taxila mint, circa 185-168 BC. AIC 12-3; MACW 4401-3. O: Elephant walking right; three-arched hill surmounted by crescent above. R: Lion standing right; swastika above, three-arched hill surmounted by crescent to left; all within incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-tarsus-ae33-elephant-wreath-3803-jpg.1038668/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>CARACALLA</b></p><p>AE33. 21.27g, 33.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, struck circa AD 215. SNG France 1515. O: [AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC ANTΩNEI]NOC CEB , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π-Π in fields. R: [ANTΩNIANHC CEVH AΔP MHT TAPCOV ΓB], Elephant standing left, head turned slightly facing; above, Ciliarch crown inscribed O MAK K.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4981017, member: 57495"]Congrats on the 9-month anniversary - you’ve been a happy addition to the family - as well as the excellent coins. I love the baby elephant on the Septimius, and the A-Pi is a great example of the type! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/rr-julius-caesar-elephant-ex-kelly-2987-jpg.979909/[/IMG][B]JULIUS CAESAR[/B] AR Denarius. 3.91g, 18.4mm. Military mint traveling with Caesar (in northern Italy?), April - August 49 BC. Crawford 443/1; Sydenham 1006. O: Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR below. R: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Ex Michael Kelly Collection [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/antiochos-vi-serrate-jpg.979910/[/IMG][B]SELEUKID KINGDOM Antiochos VI Dionysos[/B] AE24 Serrate. 7.03g, 23.8mm. Antioch mint, circa 143-142 BC. SC 2006; HGC 9, 1043. O: Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VI right, wreathed with ivy. R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY above elephant walking left; ΣTA above cornucopiae to right, EΠIΦANOYΣ ∆IONYΣOY below. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/taxila-karshapana-jpg.983321/[/IMG][B]INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Punjab)[/B] AE 1 1/2 Karshapana. 12.21g, 21.2mm x 19mm. Taxila mint, circa 185-168 BC. AIC 12-3; MACW 4401-3. O: Elephant walking right; three-arched hill surmounted by crescent above. R: Lion standing right; swastika above, three-arched hill surmounted by crescent to left; all within incuse square. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/caracalla-tarsus-ae33-elephant-wreath-3803-jpg.1038668/[/IMG] [B]CARACALLA[/B] AE33. 21.27g, 33.5mm. CILICIA, Tarsus, struck circa AD 215. SNG France 1515. O: [AVT KAI M AVP CEVHPOC ANTΩNEI]NOC CEB , laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right; Π-Π in fields. R: [ANTΩNIANHC CEVH AΔP MHT TAPCOV ΓB], Elephant standing left, head turned slightly facing; above, Ciliarch crown inscribed O MAK K.[/QUOTE]
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