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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4984055, member: 99456&quot;]Congrats [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] on #37 &amp; on your 2K, 10K, 9 month milestones!&nbsp; I guess I was sleeping when this thread started - and clearly elephants are a crowd pleaser as we are already on page 3.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a favorite elephant, a coin of this type already posted by [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] on page one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197351[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>The Pompeians, Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio</b>, 47- Spring 46 BC, AR denarius, struck by a military mint traveling with Scipio in Africa</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Laureate head of Jupiter right; Q • METEL around right, PIVS below</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Elephant advancing right; SCIPIO above, IMP below</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-459.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-459.1" rel="nofollow">459/1</a></p><p>Here are my two elephants from this type - the duck-like feet are particularly pronounced on the left-most coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197354[/ATTACH]</p><p>- although there could be some hair, especially on top of the head- mine are both relatively hairless.</p><p>- as I have indents on both on the hind leg, I see the gouge on these coins as the defining indent of bulging hind leg muscles, I don&#039;t think countermark on your coin as much as worn die and/or engraver experimenting with representing a muscular elephant.&nbsp;&nbsp; For some reason this makes me think of 17-year-old Michelangelo studying anatomy:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197356[/ATTACH]</p><p>- The tail on both of my coins is clearly seen behind[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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