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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 6450992, member: 110350&quot;]Instead of beginning a new thread, I&#039;ve decided to revive this one from four months ago to post my new elephant coin -- my fifth ancient coin to depict an elephant (after the coins of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius, Antoninus Pius, Septimius Severus, and Philip I that I posted in the OP), and a type I&#039;ve wanted for a long time. I was inspired to finally make the purchase a couple of weeks ago (from a German dealer in Cologne, just to show how much I wanted it!), after [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] posted his own very nice example. It arrived last night -- soon after I got home from getting my second Pfizer vaccine shot down at the Javits Center, so a nice reward! -- after only two weeks. A lot better than the last time I ordered a coin from Germany, last summer, when the package took more than two months to get here.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin also happens to be my first of Titus as Augustus; the ones I already had were all from his time as Caesar. I like the portrait on this coin almost as much as I like the elephant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Titus (son of Vespasian) AR Denarius 80 AD, Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M / Rev. Elephant walking left, TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P.&nbsp; RIC II-1 Titus 115 (2007 ed.); RIC II 22a (1926 ed.); RSC II Titus 303; BMCRE 43; Sear RCV I 2512. 18 mm., 3.12 g. [<i>This type is believed to have been issued in celebration of the opening of the Colosseum.</i>]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256855[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some apparently believe that because of the rounded shape of the elephant&#039;s ear on this coin, it&#039;s intended as a portrayal of the now-extinct North African elephant.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has acquired any ancient elephant coins in the last few months that they&#039;d like to show, or any other such coins that you haven&#039;t already posted in this thread, please do so![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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