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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;benhur767, post: 4987541, member: 36818&quot;]Great coins on this thread [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER]! I&#039;m posting late but I have a few to share. It looks to me that by the third century, Roman artists had seen enough elephants to understand the anatomy pretty well.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198225[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 212 CE; 2.81g. BMCRE 47, Hill 1312, RIC 199, RSC 208. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS – AVG BRIT; head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XV H [<i>sic</i>] COS III P P; Elephant walking r.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rev. die has been altered, with XV re-engraved over XIIII. The rev. die has been altered, with XV re-engraved over XIIII. The crossbar of what appears to be an “H” in the reverse legend likely denotes a deliberate typographical strikethrough of the obsolete date. </p><p><br /></p><p>-------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198226[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Caracalla.</b> AR denarius, Rome, 212 CE; 18mm, 3.40g. BMCRE 47, Hill 1312, RIC 199, RSC 208. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT; head laureate r. Rx: P M TR P XV COS III P – P; Elephant walking r.</p><p><br /></p><p>The rev. die has been altered, with XV re-engraved over XIIII.</p><p><br /></p><p>-------------</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1198227[/ATTACH] <b>Philip I (the Arab).</b> AR antoninianus. Rome, 249 CE; 21mm, 4.82g, 12h. RIC 58, RSC 17. Obv: IMP PHILIPPVS AVG; radiate and draped bust r. Rx: AETERNITAS AVGG; elephant walking l., bearing driver who holds goad and wand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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