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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2158950, member: 56859&quot;]IOM eloquently addressed the &quot;erotic&quot; issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;occult&quot;, to people who believe in one of the modern religions, I&#039;d guess that most ancient coins could be viewed as &quot;occult&quot;.&nbsp; Romans had deities for everything and Greeks had their extensive pantheon.&nbsp; Local and regional gods, myths, and legends abounded.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for &quot;odd&quot; coins... sure!&nbsp; We can take this thread to page 100 <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Although, like beauty, <i>odd</i> is in the eye of the beholder.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll kick off the &quot;odd&quot; with one of my favorite types:&nbsp; a flying pig <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_dfc8bccfc9804bd8bbbb328880145268.jpg_srb_p_800_400_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IONIA, Samos.&nbsp; 510-500 BCE</b></p><p>AR drachm, 13.7 mm, 3.2 gm</p><p>Obv: forepart of winged boar left</p><p>Rev: facing lion scalp with dotted square, within incuse square</p><p>Ref: SNG Cop 1673</p><p>Part of the TIF <a href="https://prezi.com/q7mw1k1zur65/pink-floyd-animals/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://prezi.com/q7mw1k1zur65/pink-floyd-animals/" rel="nofollow">Pink Floyd Animals collection</a>; track 5, &quot;Pigs on the Wing, Part II&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for winged boars on ancient coins is unclear.&nbsp; This is the only written mention I&#039;ve found:</p><p><br /></p><p>From <a href="http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.theoi.com/Ther/HusKlazomenaios.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>THE HUS KLAZOMENAIOS was a gigantic winged sow which terrorized the Greek town of Klazomenai in Ionia, Asia Minor.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Aelian, On Animals 12. 38 (trans. Scholfield) (Greek natural history C2nd A.D.) :</i></p><p>&quot;I have heard that on Klazomenai [and island west of Smyrna] there was a Sow with wings, and it ravaged the territory of Klazomenai. And Artemon records this in his Annals of Klazomenai. That is why there is a spot named and celebrated as `The Place of the Winged Sow,’ and it is famous. But if anyone regards this as myth, let him do so.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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